The All-Electric Lotus Eletra is is Coming — Reveal March 29

BMW’s levels of competition isn’t as regular as it as soon as was. For a long time, the only genuine makes BMW experienced to fear about had been Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and sometimes Jaguar. Now, it has all kinds of new real level of competition from not likely spots, this sort of as Volvo, Alfa Romeo, Tesla, and now even Lotus. Whilst Lotuses ended up constantly as well precise to compete with BMWs, as they had been always hyper-targeted athletics cars and trucks, the future Lotus Eletra, currently being an all-electric SUV, is heading to thrust the British sports car maker into the mainstream.

At the instant, it’s unclear no matter whether the Lotus Eletra will be big sufficient to contend with the BMW iX but, even if it is not, it will compete with some type of electrical BMW SUV in the upcoming, these types of as the future-gen BMW iX3 or even iX1. Both way, there is heading to be a BMW product or service to contend with the Eletra (is it just me or do you also want to say “Electra”?).

Leaked patent drawings clearly show off its layout and it appears a large amount like a shrunken Lamborghini Urus up entrance. It also options and amazing raked roofline and funky horn-like rear roof spoilers. On the inside, it will get an completely digital gauge cluster and a seemingly hexagonal steering wheel. The steering wheel is viewed with paddle shifters, though they possible manage regenerative braking, as they do in cars like the Audi e-tron.

No term but on exact specs just still but Lotus has revealed a number of very little tidbits. For instance, battery solutions will variety among 90-120 kWh, it will get 800-volt technologies, and a -60 time of below three seconds for its max-effectiveness product.

Of program, Lotus being Lotus, we can hope the Eletre to cope with as effectively as, or much better than, any other SUV on the industry. That is just the Lotus way. What will be fascinating to see is how Lotus techniques its common light-weight philosophy in an inherently heavy fashion of vehicle.

We’re going to find out shortly more than enough, when Lotus ultimately reveals the Eletre March 29.