Weirdest Lotus Ever

[JJDraper]

A couple of years ago, there was a thread on this forum discussing electric cars, noise, anti-noise and the research done a few decades ago into making a car sound like something it isn't to the driver. After all, the sound of a throbbing V8, or some other engine configuration has a major contribution to the driver experience. The thread suggested that an electric car would need a sound system to artificially generate appropriate sounds inside the car..... We even went so far as to suggest that such a system would need something to simulate pitch changes due to gear changes.

http://www.pistonheads.com/lotus/defaul ... ryId=21552

Do Lotus people read this forum?

Weird.

Jeremy

[trw99]

An Elise fitted with this system was on show to anyone wanting a demonstration at Hethel at the Lotus 60th anniversary celebrations. It worked well in the somewhat limited environment of the car park outside one of the testing garages.

Tim

[elansprint71]

An electric Evora? Shocking. I would not give it an ohm in my garage.

Presumably this is spin-off work from that Tesla thing that they build?

[Bruce Crowthorne]

Brilliant idea!
Espescially the "artificial" noise add on.
The Lotus Engineering newsletter explains their range extender engines.
I assume it has much less battery than a Tesla, so it can still be light weight AND high performance.

Shame it would be out of my price range.
Apparently a Tesla is ?90k
An petrol Evora is ?50k
So this would probably cost ?100k+