Joining the electric car club
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MarkMas
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All-electric Hyper-SUV anyone?
www.lotuscars.com
Starts at £90k
The all-new and all-electric Lotus Eletre is a striking and progressive Hyper SUV. With active aerodynamics and a dramatic porous design.
The all-new and all-electric Lotus Eletre is a striking and progressive Hyper SUV. It takes the core principles and Lotus DNA from almost 75 years of sports car design.
www.lotuscars.com
Starts at £90k
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All-electric Hyper-SUV anyone?
The all-new and all-electric Lotus Eletre is a striking and progressive Hyper SUV. With active aerodynamics and a dramatic porous design.
The all-new and all-electric Lotus Eletre is a striking and progressive Hyper SUV. It takes the core principles and Lotus DNA from almost 75 years of sports car design.
Starts at £90k
How much lightness did they add?
is it just me, or is the absolute antithesis of Lotus?
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Gazcw
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Hold on.... wait for it...... wait.......here come the bandwagon......quick jump on board....
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Andyk
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Had a good look around one of these and I really liked it. From the interior tongue design. Looks pretty much spot on in the flesh.All-electric Hyper-SUV anyone?
The all-new and all-electric Lotus Eletre is a striking and progressive Hyper SUV. With active aerodynamics and a dramatic porous design.
The all-new and all-electric Lotus Eletre is a striking and progressive Hyper SUV. It takes the core principles and Lotus DNA from almost 75 years of sports car design.
Starts at £90k
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Andyk
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The thing is there are only so many lightweight sports cars you can sell so for Lotus to survive they have to change and while it may not appeal to the sports car fan it will sell and help the bank balance. I see they are also testing a saloon. They have plans to hit 100,000 vehicles sales target by 2028 and that is a massive jump from 1500 sales in 2021. They will not do that with the compromising sports cars they were building. Lotus will have something for everyone by the looks of things. Well that is it you don’t want a engine in your car.
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Not sure this would work, at least on my i3 think has a 3kwh min power of charger or wont charge
RodTungsten
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Variable current chargers often have a min of 1.4kW before they start; I think that Teslas require a higher Amp kick up the butt to even start charging.
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Porsche have benefited from massive diversification. I never thought I’d see the day that the 2 door cars seem to be outsold by saloons and SUVs. Certainly when I look for used.
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Yep, it’s a car that people might actually buy!
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I think it looks great, and along with the fantastic looking Emira Lotus is on a roll! Next year they are launching their new 4 door coupe, which along with their existing new cars, will start to make them real competition to the likes of Porsche - a maker of bone idle styling and bland interior cars.
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This makes me far more cross than it should do, but imagine not only paying for company owners EV’s depreciation, but tax payers propping up the second hand market too.
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The prices are free-falling as nobody wants them, they’re too dear, ugly, etc etc. Let the market decide. I’d have one if they’re cheap enough to justify, I’d give £10k for a 2020 Tesla Model 3, or about £40k for a Taycan Turbo S. As the tax breaks are for the new buyer who is nearly always a company owner, they’re really not an appealing purchase used.
Government intervention needed to support used EVs
Uncertainty over used electric cars could be eased by government intervention and industry knowledge sharing, Cox Automotive has said. Cox Automotive’s lat
www.motortrader.com
The prices are free-falling as nobody wants them, they’re too dear, ugly, etc etc. Let the market decide. I’d have one if they’re cheap enough to justify, I’d give £10k for a 2020 Tesla Model 3, or about £40k for a Taycan Turbo S. As the tax breaks are for the new buyer who is nearly always a company owner, they’re really not an appealing purchase used.
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This makes me far more cross than it should do, but imagine not only paying for company owners EV’s depreciation, but tax payers propping up the second hand market too.
Government intervention needed to support used EVs
Uncertainty over used electric cars could be eased by government intervention and industry knowledge sharing, Cox Automotive has said. Cox Automotive’s lat
The prices are free-falling as nobody wants them, they’re too dear, ugly, etc etc. Let the market decide. I’d have one if they’re cheap enough to justify, I’d give £10k for a 2020 Tesla Model 3, or about £40k for a Taycan Turbo S. As the tax breaks are for the new buyer who is nearly always a company owner, they’re really not an appealing purchase used.
I suspect the prices will really start to sink heading into Oct/Nov time this year, particularly for the model 3.
I'm sure I read that ~60% of Tycans had HV battery issues replaced under warranty (many without the owners knowing) due to issues with the BMS overcharging cells (800kw charging?)
What makes a tycan turbo s a "turbo"?
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Some extra letters in the name, perhaps.
Alan Surrey
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Perhaps it could be a V8 too.
Alan Surrey
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Dyson have a V10 vacuum cleaner and that's all electric too.
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All electric cars are overcharged...