The Lexus Electrified Sport Concept will be shown publicly for the first time outside Japan at the 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed at the end of June. Attendees to the annual celebration of all things vehicular will also have the opportunity to see a variety of other electric vehicles, including the Lexus RZ 450e and the UX 300e. All will be visible on Electric Avenue, an area of the show dedicated to EVs. Advertised explicitly as the spiritual successor to the Lexus LFA for the electric age, the Electrified Sport Concept combines extravagant coupe design with impressive EV performance, though not all details have been revealed yet.
The automaker promises that the
Electrified Sport Concept will have a range of 700 km and will be
capable of reaching 100 km/h from a standstill in the “low two-second
range.” The eventual production version of the vehicle could achieve all of
this and keep its weight down with the possible use of solid-state batteries,
which Toyota (among others) has been working on. First unveiled in February,
Lexus says that the concept represents what its vision of electrification will
mean in the next few years.
The RZ 450e is a vision of
what the even nearer-term electric future will mean for the brand. Unveiled in
April, the luxury SUV rides on a brand new electric platform. It will benefit
from optional steer-by-wire with a One Motion Grip yoke and up to 450 km of range. Finally, the UX 300e represents the brand’s current EVs. Now
available at European dealers, the crossover makes 201 hp and
has a range of up to 315 km on the WLTP cycle.
The Goodwood Festival of Speed runs from
June 23-26.
