Lotus is looking forward to introduce an electric supermini which will be performance oriented compact city car targeting to be the rival of Aston’s Cygnet but somehow this electric powered Lotus is expected to be priced cheaper than the gasoline powered “luxurious city car” Cygnet.
This Lotus city car is believed to be an extensive reworked of Proton’s Emas and is expected to offer better satisfaction of luxury and performance compared to the Proton. It is expected that the Lotus city car to cost around £29,000 (RM 140 thousand) which means it would be sold for £2000 (RM 10 thousand) less than the Cygnet.
According to Daby Bahar, CEO of Group Lotus, the Lotus city car is aimed to outperform small BMWs, MINI and Audi.
“There’s no point in trying to fight the MINIs, and the small BMWs and Audis unless you have a special offering. Our car will be an EV or range extended EV and will offer performance of no other small car.” said Bahar.
The Lotus city car will have an electric motor and a 1.2 liter three cylinder petrol engine capable of producing 72 hp of power output. It could accelerate to 100 km/h from a stand still in 9.0 seconds and would achieve a top speed of 170 km/h. The electric motor could powered the car to travel 60 km before the petrol engine activated.
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