La marca Lotus de Geely apostar\u00e1 por una propulsi\u00f3n puramente el\u00e9ctrica en lugar de la propulsi\u00f3n h\u00edbrida anunciada inicialmente para su primer SUV electrificado. El coche de lujo se ha desarrollado bajo el nombre en clave interna Lambda para su lanzamiento al mercado en 2022.<\/p>\n
Autocar<\/em> revel\u00f3 los planes sin citar fuentes. Seg\u00fan el informe, el veh\u00edculo tendr\u00eda una autonom\u00eda de al menos 580 kil\u00f3metros y una potencia de 550 kW. Los planes del SUV el\u00e9ctrico ya se estaban desarrollando bajo la direcci\u00f3n del antiguo jefe de Lotus, Jean-Marc Gales, en aquel momento todav\u00eda hab\u00eda protestas entre los fans de la marca conocida por sus deportivos puristas. Ahora, a partir de 2022, el SUV el\u00e9ctrico podr\u00eda apoyar los planes de la empresa matriz Geely de \"volver a convertir a Lotus en una marca de lujo l\u00edder a nivel mundial\".<\/p>\n El paso a la propulsi\u00f3n el\u00e9ctrica ya el verano pasado<\/a>. Tras la presentaci\u00f3n del hipercoche el\u00e9ctrico Evija, el director ejecutivo de Lotus, Phil Popham, hab\u00eda insinuado que la marca podr\u00eda saltarse todos los h\u00edbridos en el camino hacia la electrificaci\u00f3n. Popham dijo que sin duda era una opci\u00f3n en ese momento y que instalar ambas tecnolog\u00edas de propulsi\u00f3n pondr\u00eda demasiado peso en un deportivo. El CEO dej\u00f3 abierto si se refer\u00eda a los biplaza como el Evora y el Elise o al modelo SUV.<\/p>\n La raz\u00f3n del cambio al sistema e-drive puro es la afiliaci\u00f3n de la empresa al Grupo Geely. Los SUV el\u00e9ctricos premium tienen una gran demanda en China y la plataforma SEA anunciada en septiembre proporciona una base el\u00e9ctrica adecuada para un veh\u00edculo de este tipo. Con la SEA, Geely pretende fabricar coches el\u00e9ctricos del segmento A al E e incluso veh\u00edculos comerciales ligeros para varias marcas. Lynk & Co traer\u00e1 probablemente un gran crossover el\u00e9ctrico con el 08, Volvo planea construir un peque\u00f1o SUV el\u00e9ctrico por debajo del XC40 con el XC20. En Polestar, la versi\u00f3n de producci\u00f3n del concept car Precept podr\u00eda basarse en el SEA - Geely planea una nueva planta en China para Polestar.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" La marca de Geely, Lotus, apostar\u00e1 por una propulsi\u00f3n puramente el\u00e9ctrica en lugar de la propulsi\u00f3n h\u00edbrida anunciada inicialmente para su primer SUV electrificado. El coche de lujo ha<\/p>","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":143279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9930],"tags":[3701,98,13147,222,343],"class_list":["post-143323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-automobile","tag-bev","tag-china","tag-electric-suv","tag-geely","tag-lotus"],"acf":{"inhalt_teil2":" As was announced at the presentation of the electric platform at the Auto China trade fair at the end of September, batteries with a capacity of up to 100 kWh and a range of up to 700 kilometres should be possible. The SEA will have two electric motors on each axle, four on the four-wheel-drive version and two on the rear-wheel-drive version. This was at least the key data for the Zero Concept from Lynk & Co<\/a>. It seems possible that a vehicle in the A-segment based on SEA will have only one motor.<\/p>\n With the electric SUV, Lotus intends to significantly increase sales, which have been declining steadily over the last few years. Initially, sales are to more than triple from around 1,500 units to over 5,000 vehicles and then increase beyond that. It remains to be seen, where the electric SUV can be built. The Lotus plant in Hethel, England, is currently being modernised and is to be designed for up to 10,000 vehicles per year but it is primarily sports cars that are to be built in Hethel. Since Geely apparently wants to meet the demand in China and the USA, production in China also seems possible.<\/p>\n Here, Autocar<\/em> specifically mentions the recently completed Geely plant in Wuhan. The factory is designed for 150,000 units per year and a large part of the capacity is intended for Geely vehicles for the domestic market. The news site says that “a special section” could be set up for the construction of the Lotus SUV. It is also possible that the Lotus SUV could be assembled at various Geely plants around the world, depending on demand.<\/p>\n