Lotus says it's ready to ditch combustion engines in favour of electricity, after the Evija debuts. Apparently, hybrid stuff is simply too heavy and going pure-electric means Lotus designers can have more freedom when it comes to packaging. supplied Lotus' first electric car is this, the Evija. "One thing we do believe in is the future of battery electric vehicles, and our intention is to offer BEV [powertrains] on our products in the future," he said. It will be interesting to see how Lotus tackles the issue of battery weight, given on of its tenets is "simplify, then add lightness."

Source: Stuff June 14, 2020 22:52 UTC