Lotus opens Eletre Hyper SUV orders in North America, shares pricing and supply timelines

Starting in the present day, clients in North America can customise and order the Eletre, a brand new hyper SUV from Lotus lengthy promised as a part of the sports activities automobile developer’s journey to go 100% electrical. We’ve additionally realized when these preliminary Eletre clients can count on to take supply and the way a lot Lotus is charging in pricing the SUV’s two variants.

In April 2021, Geely-owned hypercar developer Lotus laid out a strategic plan to strictly produce electrical automobiles by 2028, starting with an E-segment SUV known as “Kind 132” in 2022. Its most up-to-date monetary report detailed regular progress, however there’s nonetheless loads of ceiling left in its phase,

In March 2022, we realized that the kind 132 was formally known as the Eletre alongside a number of of the hyper SUV’s focused specs, together with vary, prime velocity, and charging instances, however no pricing but.

With BEV manufacturing now underway at a new $1.2 billion manufacturing facility in China, Lotus has continued to tout the efficiency of the Eletre alongside two further fashions—the Evija and the Emeya. All three fashions are actually making their technique to clients in abroad markets, however North America has but to see deliveries.

At the moment, nonetheless, Lotus confirmed it has opened orders for 2 all-electric variants of the Eletre SUV to North American clients. Nonetheless, they’re priced a tad larger than initially estimated.

Lotus shares Eletre pricing now begins at $107,000

The Eletre is out there to North American clients in the present day as the primary of a brand new breed of Lotus SUVs, all of which ought to be 100% electrical going ahead. The native markets within the US and Canada will see two variants of the Hyper SUV obtainable – the Eletre and Eletre R.

Each variations function a twin motor, AWD configuration, and the identical 111.9 kWh lithium-ion battery pack as a part of Lotus’ proprietary 800V platform. The upper-end Eletre R has extra mixed energy and torque, equating to higher acceleration and a barely sooner prime velocity. Right here’s how the 2 trims stack up facet by facet:

Final however not least, let’s discuss Lotus Eletre pricing. The automaker shared in the present day that the usual Eletre begins at an MSRP of $107,000 (CAD 126,800). Pricing for the Lotus Eletre R begins at $145,000 (CAD 178,500).

When the Eletre first debuted in 2022, Lotus mentioned pricing would begin round $95,000, so it’s a methods off of that authentic quantity in North America. Orders are open now, and Lotus expects to start preliminary deliveries to North American clients in This autumn 2024.