- The 2023 Lotus Eletre is expected to cost around $100,000 when it comes to the U.S. next year.
- Lotus’ first SUV and second electric car is quick but out of character for the brand.
Lotus cars are famous for very little. That is, they’ve long been known for their astonishingly light weights. Lotus founder Colin Chapman famously told a reporter the key to building a successful car was to “simplify, then add lightness.”
There’s a stat missing from the spec sheet of the 2023 Lotus Eletre. The company won’t say how much it weighs.
A Lotus Electric SUV
The missing figure makes sense when you consider just what the latest Lotus is. The Eletre fits into two heavy categories: It’s an SUV, and it’s electric. Electric cars, for the uninitiated, tend to weigh a great deal more than gas-powered cars. The materials used in their batteries are called heavy metals