The Lotus Emeya is the latest electric hypercar to join the ‘under 3 second’ club
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Image: Lotus Lotus revealed the 2024 Emeya electric hypercar, a four-door sedan with nearly 1,000 horsepower and a burning desire to reach 60mph in under three seconds.
Lotus claims that the Grand Tourer is one of the fastest GTs in the world" - but we'll need to see some unbiased testing first before we agree to that hyperbole. Still, the Emeya seems fast, with a top speed of 155mph and a zero to 60mph time in 2.8 seconds. When it goes into production in early 2024, the Emeya is expected to compete with other luxury sports cars, like the Audi E-tron GT and Porsche Taycan.
Lotus didn't reveal a lot of the most relevant specs, like battery capacity or range. The company did say that the Emeya is expected to be broadly similar" to Lotus' first EV,...