Type 130 - Lotus Evija

[mg4lotus]

Took delivery of my Evija on Sunday. I'm over the moon. It was a father's day gift from my son. I love my son.

Piccies to follow. Might be later today as I will be out enjoying myself today.

[Bravo73]

Someone likes Lego, do they? 😉

[mg4lotus]

It's a beauty!

It's a beauty!

[Giniw]

(They need to make a Lego Technic one though)

[exeterjeep]

My Evija arrived today, and its not Lego. Not noticed a pic of a delivered Spark model before?

[Bibs]

Evija configurator...

https://bit.ly/3a1GKQD

https://www.lotuscars.com/sv-SE/evija/#configure

[DarrylV8]

@Bibs

Available 2023 I assume early deposit holders will be getting theirs this year and don't have to wait till 2023?

[TomE]

First customer deliveries are in 2-3 months time.  They're already doing a limited-run heritage special edition

[Bee]

Does anyone know whether first customer deliveries still on for October? I'm really looking forward to seeing some reviews for the Evija. I'd love to see what it can do on circuits like Spa or the 'ring!

[KusaKusa]

Production officially started on the Evija, with first deliveries in 2023: https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1137487_lotus-evija-is-now-the-world-s-most-powerful-production-car

Interestingly, the specs are quite different from the announcement of the car. A bit stronger motors, but more significantly it has 93 kWh battery instead of 70 and 4160 lbs instead of 3600-3700. Even with the higher bigger battery, it still gets only 250 miles of WLTP range. I'm guessing the battery size increased to hit that range target, which makes sense since super strong motors and more than 1 motor (let alone 4) typically impact range a great deal. I wonder if the volume of the battery changed and if that impacted the size of the Evija or the carbon monocoque.

[PAR]

The positive news is that they sold some and they will start delivering some.

i suspect the fittipaldi was a way to help the current customers to set up theirs.

 

[exeterjeep]

Has J Button got one yet?

[Bibs]

All of Fittipaldi editions are sold, that's £20m worth of Evija's! Quite a few of the owners were there yesterday.

[exeterjeep]

So @Bibs you were there - did you collect yours.

[Bibs]

No, it's going to be a couple of weeks 'til delivery, I've ticked the 'run in by Emerson' option. 

[jonwat]

Most powerful electric cars in the world

[C8RKH]

I can't help but feel that the Rimac is the car that Lotus should have built. I mean, a crazy idea like using the batteries as a stressed component of the chassis is straight out of Colin's playbook for sure.

[mg4lotus]

I can't help but feel the Evija is the car that people who bought the Rimac should have bought 😜

[jonwat]

What's the best electric car for rich people?

[Steve V8]

I've gotta say @jonwat , that is a stunning photo of what must now be the most beautiful car ever.

I believe a Lamborghini Miura was displayed in the New York art gallery as the pinnacle of automotive art, the Evija should now sit there in its place.

[stevensr34]

With 2000 hp, it will go nicely in a straight line, but weighing 1.88 tonnes means the laws of physics are going to kick in when the road gets twisty...

[jonwat]

7 hours ago, stevensr34 said:

laws of physics are going to kick in when the road gets twisty...

It's a Lotus, it'll manage

[EuropaSman]

......Especially with torque vectoring to each wheel.

[ramjet]

10 hours ago, stevensr34 said:

With 2000 hp, it will go nicely in a straight line, but weighing 1.88 tonnes means the laws of physics are going to kick in when the road gets twisty...

You maybe haven't seen some of the Goodwood footage then? Whereabouts in Brisbane are you? Used to live there a long time ago.

[stevensr34]

10 hours ago, ramjet said:

Whereabouts in Brisbane are you?

Taringa, Inner west.

11 hours ago, EuropaSman said:

torque vectoring to each wheel.

Yeah - look I know this is probably the best for traction that you can get, but still: 1.88 tonnes - seriously? - Perhaps F1 teams have got it all wrong and should instead be making their cars heavier?