Lotus Theory 1

[HCA]

Yet another thoroughly unaffordable concept release from Geely, whilst one has to wait three months for an ignition module for an Evora as the incompetent farmers in Norfolk ‘replenish stock’

https://media.lotuscars.com/en/news-art ... mance.html

[h20hamelan]

How many super/hyper cars are affordable?

Somehow I doubt all the farmers are only to blame. If a farmer cant get seed or water, they are hardly to blame. Most of the delays as far as I can tell the last few years has been from supply chain.

Pay for monkeys, get monkeys.

Note, Air Canada just reached a settlement 42% pay increase. Lest see the 1.5% do that for every other person on the planet (a 42% pay hike that is) lol

[JonB]

Ugh. Horrid looking thing, with a horrid looking "art for art's sake" interior. Not for sale, thankfully.

[Lotusian]

I found the article difficult to understand, but did latch onto “Lotuswear”.
So I guess that will be LOT U SWEAR when the battery packs up?

[shynsy]

Couldn't disagree more.. car looks awesome. And in the end it is a concept car. Its supposed to be there to test "concepts"
Go Lotus!

[The Veg]

If those doors make it to production then problems with them will be a well-trod topic of discussions in some other forum long after we're all gone!

[2cams70]

It's clear these days that all manufacturers are busting their guts in whatever way possible to make an electric car an emotional experience to drive when in fact at their core electric cars naturally aren't and can't be no matter how fast they can accelerate.

I had the experience of driving a Tesla model 3 dual motor recently. Yes it can accelerate like nothing else but ultimately a bland and boring machine. Boring to look at both inside and out and boring to drive. Sadly it seems to be what the mass market likes however. Just like the lust for SUV's. If I had to choose between a Tesla and an electric dishwasher for excitement factor I think I would choose the dishwasher.

[sng]

As an owner of both a Tesla Model 3 and a S4 Lotus Elan I feel compelled to come to the defence of the Tesla and Electric cars.

I am not sure manufacturers marketing their cars as an emotional driving experience is limited to electric cars, I am often amused by the way we are sold a lifestyle rather than a lump of metal and plastic. I agree the driving experience of the Tesla down a country lane is not the best but that is not the point. it's no worse than the majority of modern cars and you do have that acceleration.

I have not looked into this but wonder what the maintenance schedule is on an electric super car, we have owned our Tesla for 18 months and 12000 miles with maintenance limited to tyre pressure and washer fluid. Compare this to our cars of 60 years ago.

What is the miles per kilowatt of electricity for an electric supercar, our Tesla easily does 4 miles per kilowatt which we pay 7p for when charging at home. Our RWD Tesla does 0-60 in sub 6 seconds and has a top speed of 140 mph but has the same if not better miles per kilowatt as VW's Golf size ID3. I would not surprise me that an electric super car will do the same miles per kilowatt as an ID3 when being driven to the shops and back.

For me the biggest issue in cars at present is not which drive train is used but the lack of choice. If you want a great driving experience your choice of cars is very small unless you have a big bank balance. The masses want a car that they can just get in and drive to where they want to go safely and as cheaply as possible. I just hope that some car manufacturers allow us to have a bit of fun on the way