The new Lotus Type 135 electric sports car will cost from £75,000, Hethel has confirmed in a briefing about futureplans – and CAR magazine’s new artist’s impression gives a flavour of what to expect from its upcoming new EV coupe.
Lotus presentations reveal the $95,000 target price for the US market, equivalent to £75,000 at current exchange rates. It brings confirmation that hopes for an Elise-alike more affordable price positioning are dashed by the sheer cost of developing a new electric sports car platform. ‘It is fully adaptable to provide a platform for a range of EVs with variable layouts, wheelbase lengths, battery sizes and configurations,’ the company revealed. ‘All three layouts feature a common lightweight die-cast rear sub-frame with multiple interchangeable components. This is the Project LEVA innovation, and it means a single vehicle architecture can accommodate two different types of battery configurations.