Lotus's Electric Dream Comes True: 1st Batch Of Hotly Anticipated Evija Hypercars To Be Delivered Later This Year
Lotus's Electric Dream Comes True: 1st Batch Of Hotly Anticipated Evija Hypercars To Be Delivered Later This Year
The much anticipated first fully electric hypercar from the British automaker Lotus Cars will roll off the production line and into the hands of its waiting customers soon.
这家英国汽车制造商备受期待的第一款全电动超级跑车 莲花汽车 将很快从生产线下来，交到等待的客户手中。
The first customer deliveries of the Lotus Evija, pronounced "E-vi-ya", will start later this year, a company spokesperson told Benzinga. The deliveries will come over four years after the car was first unveiled in 2019.
该公司发言人告诉Benzinga，发音为 “e-vi-ya” 的Lotus Evija将于今年晚些时候开始向客户交付。这辆车将在2019年首次亮相后的四年内交付。
The Evija was the first wholly new car launched by Lotus after it joined hands with Chinese automaker Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd (OTC:GELYF) in 2017. Though it was expected to enter production a year later at Hethel, it faced several delays.
Evija是路特斯与中国汽车制造商携手推出的第一款全新汽车 吉利汽车控股有限公司 （场外交易代码：GELYF）在 2017 年。尽管预计它将在一年后在Hethel投入生产，但它遇到了几次延误。
The Evija is the start of a new design language for Lotus, which will evolve and reappear on future cars. #ForTheDrivers #LotusEvija #WeDare pic.twitter.com/mo4C6YvR4z
— Lotus Cars (@lotuscars) July 26, 2019
Evija是路特斯全新设计语言的开始，这种语言将不断发展并重新出现在未来的汽车上。#ForTheDrivers #LotusEvija #WeDare pic.twitter.com/mo4c6yvr4Z
— 莲花汽车 (@lotuscars) 2019 年 7 月 26 日
Priced at about 1.5 million euros then (roughly $1.63 million today), the Evija is one of the most expensive EVs in the world according to Topspeed. It boasts the most potent car to enter series production with 2,039 PS of power and a torque of 1,704 nm.
根据Topspeed的数据，当时的Evija售价约为150万欧元（今天约为163万美元），是世界上最昂贵的电动汽车之一。它拥有进入批量生产的最强大的汽车，功率为2,039 PS，扭矩为1,704 nm。
The brand expects to make not more than 130 examples of the two-seater car, the development updates on which have thinned since 2021.
该品牌预计将生产不超过130辆双座汽车，自2021年以来，该车的开发更新有所减少。
However, in October 2022, Lotus announced a special Evija Emerson Fittipaldi edition to honor the Brazilian F1 driver who drove a Lotus 72 to win several titles including the Drivers' Championship for himself and the Constructors' Championship for Team Lotus. The company then said that just eight examples of the edition would be built and all are sold already.
但是，在2022年10月，路特斯宣布了一项特别节目 埃维娅·艾默生 Fittipaldi 该版本旨在纪念这位巴西F1车手，他驾驶Lotus 72赢得了多个冠军，包括自己的车手锦标赛和莲花车队的车手锦标赛。该公司随后表示，将只制作该版本的八个样本，并且全部已售出。
The legendary @emmofittipaldi was at Hethel last weekend to unveil the sold-out, limited-edition Lotus Evija Fittipaldi.
— Lotus Cars (@lotuscars) October 21, 2022
Also pictured are the eight surviving examples of the iconic Lotus Type 72.#lotus #evijafittipaldi pic.twitter.com/KUkzVGJSmM
传奇人物 @emmofittipaldi 上周末在 Hethel 推出了售罄的限量版 Lotus Evija Fittipaldi。
— 莲花汽车 (@lotuscars) 2022 年 10 月 21 日
图中还包括标志性的 Lotus Type 72 的八个幸存车型。#lotus #evijafittipaldi pic.twitter.com/kukzvgjsmm
Lotus has a long history of cars built on remarkable performance. The original Tesla Roadster was based on the Lotus Elise. Once delivered, the Evija will be up against the new and upcoming Tesla Roadster and the Rimac Nevera.
路特斯凭借卓越的性能制造汽车有着悠久的历史。原版 特斯拉跑车 改编自 Lotus Elise。交付后，Evija将与即将推出的新款特斯拉跑车和Rimac Nevera对抗。
Lotus said in August 2021 that it will launch four new pure electric models over the next five years- the first of which was the Eletre SUV. The spokesperson confirmed that the announcement for the second one of the four promised vehicles- a Lotus E-segment four-door sports GT- will be later this year.
路特斯在2021年8月表示，它将在未来五年内推出四款全新的纯电动车型，其中第一款是Eletre SUV。发言人证实，承诺的四款车中的第二款——路特斯E级四门运动型GT——将于今年晚些时候公布。
Check out more of Benzinga's Future Of Mobility coverage by following this link.
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