British sports car maker Lotus has unveiled its first 100% electric hypercar, the Evija plant.
Ibiya was announced in July 2019 as Lotus’ first fully electric hypercar. Ibiya is a variation of Eve, the first woman who created it in the Bible, and has the meaning of being the first. A lightweight car body adopting a carbon fiber monocoque is equipped with 4 electric motors that independently drive each wheel at 1,680kg. The maximum output is 2,000 horsepower and the maximum torque is expected to be 1,700 Nm.
The 2,000kWh lithium-ion battery mounted in the center of the vehicle body, imitating the location of the sports car and F1 machine engine, can travel 400km with a single charge. Using the most rkddfur 350kW ultra-fast charger currently in use, it can charge up to 80% of the battery capacity in 12 minutes and 100% in 18 minutes.
They cost between 1.8 and 2 million pounds. The difference in the price is because the body paint, interior, and inlaid decoration badges, etc. vary according to the order for each unit.
Lotus has built a factory on the Norfolk headquarters premises to challenge the production of these new cars. The final prototype of Ibiya is currently being produced here, and mass production is scheduled to begin this summer.
As it is limited to 130 units of Ibiya, of course, industrial robots and large-scale assembly lines were not installed like a general automobile factory. Compressed air-operated workbenches and cranes are installed in a large space with bright lighting with more than 30,000 LEDs, and Ibiya is assembled by hand one by one.
The factory has a device that adjusts wheel alignment and a light tunnel that inspects every corner of the vehicle through final inspection. As soon as the completed Ibiya leaves the factory, it runs a 3.54km long test course next to the site to be inspected. Related information can be found here .