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Re:How Lotus is going to build lightweight electric sports cars by speedgoose on Saturday September 25, 2021 @08:47AM (#28652737)
1600kg is not very lightweight in the EV world. It's 100kg more than an old Nissan Leaf or Renault Zoé, which are very common in Europe. The old first gen BMW i3 weighs 1200kg. For sure it's not the same performances but weight didn't seem to be the main focus for this Lotus.
Re:How Lotus is going to build lightweight electric sports cars by poniko on Saturday September 25, 2021 @09:24AM (#28652991)
So a Zoe is 1570kg and has a tiny engine and 50kw battery :) not sure it's comparable with something that's has 4 motors, 2000hp and a 70kw battery :) The battery alone on the evija is 680kg and probably very different just to be able to get the amp up enough to power the massive engines and spike output when needed.
Re:How Lotus is going to build lightweight electric sports cars by speedgoose on Saturday September 25, 2021 @12:49PM (#28654503)
An old Lotus Elise was all about the weight, not power. They didn't follow this concept with the Evija, with so much power requiring a huge and heavy battery pack.
Re:How Lotus is going to build lightweight electric sports cars by poniko on Saturday September 25, 2021 @01:35PM (#28654812)
Agree, owned an Lotus Elise, truly amazing driving car but bad at everything else. Creating an electric car at 900kg is just not possible today even with just 250hk. With all new regulatory requirements like all cars need autobreak and other active safety features I'm not sure a new Elise would be possible, I think that's why the new Emira focus on beings a good all around sports car instead of weight.