FIRST DRIVE: Lotus Eletre: Masterstroke or madness? We deliver the surprise verdict | Electrifying

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As a business that has teetered on the edge of extinction at many points in its history, Lotus understands all about the principle of reinventing itself. Although the brand is in fine monetary fettle nowadays with owner Geely at the wheel, the end of the combustion period suggests that Lotus is as soon as again looking for a new instructions.

The brand name's first all new production design to be funded and established under Geely ownership is the Eletre– a five-seater, all-electric SUV that will usher in a new generation of battery-powered Lotuses. Big, brash and filled with innovation, it's a world far from the stripped-back two-seaters that made Lotus a household name. However times modification, and as the success of vehicles like the Porsche Cayenne and Lamborghini Urus continues to reveal, big supercar SUVs are big business.

With a 112kWh battery, 350kW charging, 373 miles of variety and supercar efficiency, the Eletre certainly looks the part on paper. Question is, do these extraordinary figures translate to a fantastic vehicle? Join Mike as he puts the new Lotus Eletre through its rates.

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December 7, 2023

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23 responses to “FIRST DRIVE: Lotus Eletre: Masterstroke or madness? We deliver the surprise verdict | Electrifying”

Debbi Mulberry

July 10, 2023

Finally positive feelings I feel again because of this video🍆🍆

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Matt Carvers Bulldogges

July 10, 2023

Very nice car but I’m just not sold on them new camera wing mirror set up yet, right now it just seems a slight design flaw

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1. Leisurecide
  
  July 10, 2023
  
  optional anyways.
  
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2. Matt Carvers Bulldogges
  
  July 10, 2023
  
  @Leisurecide optional ‘extra’ £/$
  
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Simon Yapp

July 10, 2023

112kWh !! And LiDAR is not the way, What a car.

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Asif Khan

July 10, 2023

“designed by someone who likes other human beings” 😅😅😅

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Kenneth Stealey

July 10, 2023

I think that it looks a lot like a Leaf from the side.

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Alun Jones

July 10, 2023

And you clean those cup-holders, how?

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1. Alan Wayte
  
  July 10, 2023
  
  Ultimate first world problem
  
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Gary Sooty Cook

July 10, 2023

Great looking car

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Tore Hansen

July 10, 2023

Welcome to Norway, great car and video!

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David Burke

July 10, 2023

And it will be worth next to nowt after 12 months.

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Eliot Hochberg

July 10, 2023

Regarding the camera mirrors, I know that the main reason for them is to reduce drag, which is very important for electric vehicles. But it’s got me thinking, is there a way to do a mechanical version of those? I find myself concerned as to what happens if there’s some kind of an electrical failure while you’re driving. But it seems to me that, periscope and lens and mirror technology want to be able to give you a real world view of what’s going on outside the car. I’m sure I’m being silly, but at the same time it would be very cool.

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Mark McCombs

July 10, 2023

Letting you know in the comments below.

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Eliot Hochberg

July 10, 2023

Looking at the gear controls, it looks like even Lotis has been subject to these systems that do not retain gear state. I’m halfway through the video, but I would’ve thought that would’ve been demonstrated earlier. But it looks like it’s one of those buttons where you push it up to changed and you push it down to change, etc.

If I’m wrong, then great, but I really don’t understand why all these vehicles insist on having Shift systems that don’t allow you to put the button or a lever or something else into a fixed position for each gear. It doesn’t need to be mechanically connected, but by having to look at what gear you’re in, you open yourself up for accidentally missing a gear change. That is to say, And driving where you are in a parking lot or other situation, where you’re changing direction from forward to reverse, I would much prefer that the lever is in the Ford position while we’re driving, and then, when I switch to the rear word position, that’s in reverse, so that I can make adjustments and tight maneuvers without having to look at the screen or at the Lover.

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Mark O’Sullivan

July 10, 2023

Colin Chapman: “Simplify then add lightness”.

Lotus 2023: Eletre – 2.5 tonnes, 2.2 metre width.

That is not a Lotus in my opinion; I suspect Chapman would agree.

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Peter Sephton

July 10, 2023

Good review of an interesting car. Lotus Engineering seems to have done a really smart job in adding features that may justify the high price. Your comparisons with the Tesla etc suggests this is what they’ve achieved. And for those quoting Colin Chapman and lightness – it’s an ELECTRIC car. He wouldn’t be upset, he’d embrace the future.

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Jude Brown

July 10, 2023

Very droll review, enjoyed the chuckle.😂👍

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Savannah Jackson

July 10, 2023

The Evija was Lotus’s first fully electric car… not this one.

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1. Roberto
  
  July 10, 2023
  
  Don’t be so rude 😂
  
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Channel NEM

July 10, 2023

Reminds me of the MG4

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1. Roberto
  
  July 10, 2023
  
  Alejandro Pérez would agree😂
  
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Mark Richards

July 10, 2023

Only a brit would think that is the opposite of a snall sports car. Have tou ween the hummer? Or any pickup in the US??

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