Lotus teases electric sports car due in 2026, new “battery cell package”
Lotus Automobiles and the battery supplier Britishvolt on Friday announced they are planning to co-build “a new battery mobile package” that will energy future electric powered Lotus sports activities vehicles.
The new battery package—unclear from the explanation regardless of whether it refers to a mobile-to-pack method or something else—is heading to prioritize rapid-charging and the optimization of vitality density and fat reduction.
With the announcement, Lotus involved a rough initial sketch (higher than) of the electrical sports activities automobile, which it’s earlier codenamed Style 135—with some apparent nods to heritage styles in Lotus’ history like Esprit and Elan, along with the profile of its modern Elise athletics car that fashioned the foundation for the authentic Tesla Roadster.
Teaser for Lotus Type 135 electric athletics motor vehicle debuting in 2026
Teaser for Lotus Type 132 electric powered crossover debuting in spring 2022
Teaser for Lotus Type 134 electric crossover debuting in 2025
Teaser for Lotus Type 133 debuting in 2023
“Lotus is delighted to be collaborating with Britishvolt to create new battery cell technology to showcase the thrilling overall performance that a Lotus EV athletics car can provide,” said Lotus Vehicles taking care of director Matt Windle. The collaboration follows a 100-million-pound ($135 million) expenditure in facilities and producing.
Britishvolt is, as the name suggests, British isles-centered, and it promises to be “the UK’s foremost trader in battery cell technologies and affiliated R&D to develop homegrown mental house.”
The battery supplier strategies to have a capability of 30 GWh by the conclusion of the decade, and it is presently constructing a cell manufacturing facility at a previous electric power-station coal stockyard.
Lotus programs to offer you only fully electric powered models by 2028, and it verified with the announcement that it plans to unveil the Style 132 electrical SUV “in the coming months,” with 3 a lot more EVs on the way
Polestar, Volvo, and Lotus in-residence created 800-volt electrical architecture and battery pack
When the SUV will be built on the SEA platform that will underpin the future Polestar 3, as properly as models from Volvo, the concentration on China, and Lotus’ guardian Geely, individuals other SUVs—the athletics cars—will be crafted on a new Light-weight Electric Car or truck Architecture (LEVA) that can accommodate one or dual-motor layouts with up to 671 kw mixed (871 hp).
Deliveries of its 1st electrical car, the Evija supercar, will begin this year. This sporting activities auto hinted in the layout sketch is thanks all-around 2026.