Lotus dropped jaws last week at the 2019 Monterey
Car Week with the Evija, which celebrated its public premiere, culminating with
the presentation at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance on Sunday. Under both natural and artificial
light, the world’s most powerful production hypercar wowed attendees and was
acclaimed by some high profile collectors such as Jay Leno.
It also received
“strong double-figure orders”, according to Lotus, who said that they have
almost sold out their entire United States allocation. Limited to 130 cars, each priced at £ 1.7 million, the Evija will be put together at the Hethel
facility, in the United Kingdom, which has been Lotus’ home since 1966.
The Evija, whose name is derived from the Hebrew
word ‘chavvâh’ that means ‘to breathe or live, living’, packs four electric
motors that deliver a total output of 1,973 HP and 1,700 Nm of torque. It can do the 0-100 km/h)in less than
three seconds and will accelerate to over 320 km/h.
Powering the motors is a lithium-ion battery pack,
mounted in the middle of the car, which provides a range of up to 400 km in between charges.
