THIS Is What a £2,000,000 Electric Hypercar Feels Like! LOTUS EVIJA Exclusive First Drive Review
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2023
- EXCLUSIVE Lotus Evija FIRST DRIVE of Production Ready Hypercar! £2,000,000 and 2000hp - the wild future of electric supercars...
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I’m so glad to see Lotus making a come back and not just in super cars but across a range of cars .
It hurts simultaneously though. The whole point of lotus is seemingly being left behind
@@jcc3494 yea I can completely understand your point - problem is Lotus are having to fit in with a modern world .
@@markdance574you're right. I fully get why Lotus are doing it as if they didn't they'd probably end up like TVR and many other British brands. It would be cool if they kept making an ICE car to stick with what Lotus stands for
@@jcc3494 100% - a small but drivable hot hatch - old skool style , wide arches , all about the chassis and drive train - in my mind it would be like reborn modern Impreza p1
@@markdance574 an old school Lotus hatch would be awesome, maybe an mx-5 competitor too which I what I feel the MG cyberster or whatever it's called should've been
Super cool. I still wish EVs would sort out the sound. I’m not saying “fake exhaust,” but something that you can make a functional case for. James said it well as do many others who get the privilege of driving these EV hypercars - the sense of speed sneaks up on you. Yes, it’s got some high pitch EV whirring, but I think we tend to underestimate how much sound gives us a sense of balance, position, etc. Having driven other fast EVs (but nothing like this), the speed is so sudden it’s almost nauseating. When it comes to motion sickness, the more aware all of your senses are of where the motion is going, the less motion sick you get. So driving these, we all see where we are going, we all feel where we are going, but the sound doesn’t quite reflect it besides “high pitch means fast, higher pitch means faster.” It would be cool if the different air ducts on these cars could also function as a way to channel air to a sort of “instrument” that has more unique, tunable tones. So the same idea as the pipes on the exhaust, but instead of functionally removing exhaust, it’s functionally moving aerodynamics… And in turn, the different sounds would give you a sense of how the car is moving through the air. And it would give each car different tones and personality. ANYWAY! Thought dump over.
Agreed. Design an electric motor that has sound being part of its design. Like Lexus did for the LFA's ICE V10. There has to be a way to make a noisy electric motor without having to resort to synthetic sound pumped through speakers....
Did you describe converting a car to a flute? 😂😂😂😂
So you want a woodwind instrument strapped onto the back of a car? Not entirely sure how much that would achieve your goal, but it's certainly an interesting idea. The issue is the instrument needs to consistently be able to change 'note' or otherwise it will just sound like a different type of whirl. I don't think there's anyway to truly replicate the randomness of a ICE, and thats why I don't think this instrument Idea will work any time soon. We need to just find a way to make that whirl more enjoyable, its never going to be random or exciting like an ICE, it can just sound better than it currently does.
Insanity with a steering wheel and the sound I vote for would be a Turbocharger whine Then add
more of Heartbeat rythm and LOW FREQUENCY. Is my vote
@@all-caps3927 I was thinking more like “unraveled French horn.” Ha! But I agree, no matter what, the ‘randomness’ of ICE, and the variety of ICE sounds are what make it feel alive. I agree, I don’t think anything will get us anything as good as ICE sounds… But I still think it would be interesting to get sounds related to aero, almost like how turbos have induction sound or turbo flutter. The worst thing about EV noise is the emphasis on windshield noise and tire noise… they’re literally the two worst sounds of driving.
I once got to drive my friend's Lotus Cup Car around Willow Springs Street Circuit. It was teuly a joy. I loved the total driving experience of it. Dream cars for people that love driving.
Gorgeous. Favorite rear of any supercar ever.
We're really living through one of the craziest times of car industry
Its truly one of the times
Why?
Explain please?
A 2000 HP car with instant torque to the general public is crazy.
Yeah due to electric nonsense
The front looks very similar to a Brabham BT62
Never owned a lotus unfortunately, done the factory tour and test track which made me love the brand even more. They are doing some amazing things at the moment and long may it continue.
That's a very impressive downforce figure. Nearly 992 RS cornering grip with almost four times the power. This thing is gonna be rapid.
But sadly it's EV, lotus should have made it hybrid with a V8
The world is doomed. The consumers is so dumb and has no brain of his own, that he ends up eating what's being marketed at him. I've seen people being impressed at the Tesla cyber truck demo vs a Ford Truck. What happened? The cars were pulling each other and Tesla cybertruck won easily of course and then I read comments like - oh well they didn't take the highest spec of that Ford Truck - THAT'S TRUE, but what they're missing is that that is not the point, but it's the point what Tesla wants you to think about - in reality it wasn't an advantage that that the Cybertruck could pull that Ford - but it was a disadvantage and a sideffect caused by it. The Cybertruck has to be morbidly heavy because of the batteries. More weight will of course always win that fight - NOT POWER but MORE WEIGHT! That same excess weight is however a HUGE PROBLEM. A problme with safety as it brakes longer, a problem with the tyres as they will have to be thicker and more expensive and will wear out faster and a problem, that the parking houses in all cities of the world are not built for overweight EV's like all EV's are - there have already been cases were the structure broke down...
Now returning to your specific example against the 992 RS:
first of all - downforce does not always mean cornering grip... Downforce will only provide grip at higher speed, basically the higher the speed, the more the downforce effect will be - there you will have more grip, but in slower corners you will still have LESS grip and be SLOWER in this car than in the 992 RS because this thing is HEAVIER!
Second of all if the downforce figures are the same for the 2 cars, then it still doesn't mean they will perform the same in the high speed corners as higher downforce levels will be required for the heavier car to maintain the same levels of grip (again, needless to say - you will also have more tyre wear...)
@@arcelivez Lol, sorry to hear you didn't like my quick and dirty comparison using their weight claims, downforce claims (whether you believe either of those is another thing), tyre friction coefficient... all at an arbitrary speed that I happen to have chosen.
Be my guest and give me your expert input taking into account variables such as drag, center of gravity or weight distribution and aero balance.
@@maverick964uk You gonna make 2000hp with a hybrid?
@@maverick964uk no. this is better
The car's design is splendid, but the music 🎶 is heart breaking
Incredible video James. love your exclusive videos that no one else gets to make 👌
Seeing the Evija on the road must be Bonkers!
I work at Lotus and everyone I see one of the Evijas driving around the facility, I have to stop in my tracks and take a long gaze 😍
Awesome video , what a machine ! 🙏 for sharing this … ❤️🤙🏻
Mr JWW Absolutely Incredible Video I think it's awesome that you got to Drive that Absolutely Gorgeous and Incredible Lotus Evija and I can't wait to see the full production model will perform
Excellent. I’ve been wondering when we’d see some reviews. Feckin love it in red! I like that they’ve left the motor whine in.
Finally. Interested to see lap times. **correction after watching**. STILL NOT DONE. They have been sub full power testing for 2 years now. What is taking so long. You introduced before Emira and Electre
Same problem with nevera took them 2 years
@@larryc1616 Nevera introduced at Geneva in 2018 and 1st customer delivery in 2022. Evija introduced July 2019 and still in development…
Content aside the quality of video is insane! thanks
congratz m8 you finally fixed your mic. this is content
Part of what gives me hope here is that a lot of the awesome engineering is indeed software based. Stuff like getting the torque mix right and aspects of handling and stability. It all obviously has to work with the physical hardware, but there are aspects of these designs that might directly find their way into more accessible cars more broadly.
Would guess this has been done in “road” mode so the battery won’t overheat and is drained in 15 min?
wtmribge
Looks like Lotus is going to smash this.
Great episode
Thank you 👍👍👍😎😎😎
....sound is amazing! sounds so emotinal like my thermomix!
The front looks like a 458 Speciale
The rear of that car is INSANE. What a great looking car overall.
Stunning
Truly amazing 😮
Now this is a dream hyper worth the price throughout! Love it!
This is impressive for Lotus. This is Koenigsegg or Rimac levels with some numbers.
Beautiful and great to see Lotus using a lot of British suppliers in its build.
looks wild 🚀🚀
i hope on day I can see one of those in the real world because that car looks absolutely insane
I would absolutely love to see the car in exposed carbon!
Manufacturing technology has came so far in the past 10-20 years it’s so amazing so excited for the future
1850kg. And the Lotus badge on the bonnet has gone all black. This car has indeed gone to the Dark Side. I feel a disturbance in the Force! From 7:30 onwards the Lotus rep mention "light" and "lightweight" several times. Right after mentioning its weight of 1850kg.
Bonkers! Love it
Beautiful car, just like the emira, would be great to see it at full spec potential, and its about time we get a real race against all the hypercars on a racetrack not just a drag race but all these hypercars like lotus, bugati bolide, mclaren, ferrari. everyone bring their best weapon and race
Everyone would crash 😂
Amazing 🚀🚀
Can someone (carwow) please finally put this car up against the Rimac Nevara in a drag race. This is the only other car in the Nevara's league. This is a thrilling rollercoaster ride but not a red-blooded combustion engine ride. Huge difference.
Evija is quite intriguing. Impressive.
Great Content 🤍 Mr JWW + DDE makes the best content of Automotive YT industry.
Looks incredible in red
First time coming across your channel but must say what a great review 😊
What an astonishing vehicle.
Absolutely beautiful thing!
Looks good
A ting of beauty but finally words of reality.
The best EV sounds and the gearbox sounds so good
In a word, WOW! £2m for a Lotus seems ridiculously expensive, but the technology within the Evija to manage a 2000+hp in race mode would and probably will be, something jaw dropping to watch. Can’t wait to see it in full race mode. Well done Lotus…
Just a little faster than my i-Pace in Dynamic mode. It does look cool enough to go on any boys bedroom wall.
Press car should have been yellow or white, most people will think this is a ferrari or at least a rip off. Its good to see such an iconic British brand coming back even if it is through Chinese money. Also if sounds can be pumped into the cockpit then why not have the old F1 noise, match it up with the throttle and even though you know its not real it would still sound cool
I think Lotus dropped the ball by not supporting there heritage models which is a real shame. While it’s too late to save the Elise, it’s not too late to open up the engine management to the 3rd market support companies for free. As it is most drivers of older Lotus’s have been abandoned which is undermining the brand.
Wanna see it vs Rimac
For sure. Nevera is real, Rimac has put at least a dozen in customers' hands, and it's set dozens of records and a production electric car record on the 'Ring. The Evija has yet to do any of that, but it's lighter.
It’s 400kg lighter than the Rimac… it won’t loose unless you have a race track with 2km long straights 🏎
@@skierpage This is as real as the rimac. If you go to some lotus dealers in China (called lotus experience centers), you'll see several Evija models in Shanghai and Beejing
What a beauty!!
The Emira and this car!!! ❤❤❤ my gosh!! I hope I start seeing Emira’s on U.S. roads soon!!
It’s been delay after delay. I think the UK customers are getting theirs and have been for awhile now let me know if I’m wrong.
Nice to know the Evija is in production now!!
You will! We are cramming to ship as many US/Federal cars as possible to the US by the end of 2023. Most of our production lately has been US cars.
We have issues with emissions compliancy in the US, all the i4 cars have been in limbo for months. We are focussing on getting as many V6 cars over there as possible. About 40% of current production is for US market so that's the main goal currently.
Also Evija has been in production for years at this point 😅 but we have only just been able to homologate it. The first customer car is due for delivery here in the UK next week! (First weekend of Dec 2023)
Great to see, that wiper blade in the middle of the screen annoys me & it sounds like there is a lot of noise entering the cabin
So if every wheel is can work seperate.. This should beat alot of records?
2011hp 1,850kg the rimac nevera's reign is over
217mph at V Max. Is that top speed ?
@@justincharles6585yes
Nice RM035!!! Always wearing nice watches
J why did Lotus reduce the power by a lot for your driving review? And are you going to do a thorough road and also track review of the upcoming 1850 hp Zenvo Aurora hybrid? Or the 2300hp Gemera?
Wonderful
Im glad they finalised the evija its a big ask for such a small company under so much pressure
The battery ways 700kg. Thats insane 😳
Love the old Lotus cars
That wiper not being centered was pissing me off the whole video
What beast!!
Has this car finally rolled off the production line?
Yes, some customer cars have been delivered.
Looks a mint car!
@mrjww the jacket is really nice. What brand is it?
I'm still waiting for you to drive the lotus emira!😢
Nice Car but Rimac Nevera is a KING
rimac nevera is slower than the Evija
That thing is sick but I wouldn’t have went with the red for a press car
Easier to find it after a journo has parked it in a hedge backwards?
Very pretty, but I think the Nevera has stolen the Evija’s thunder. Lotus was a bit too slow. And now you STILL can’t drive it at full power?
Awesome. My only gripe is that the engine (motor) whine gets quite annoying.
That's gear whine.
Wow! Lotus has a way of resurrecting the brand. This is a gorgeous vehicle
Please tell me the wiper doesn't stay in the dead centre when off....
That price tag is very cheeky
Mr JWW, your life is pretty bloody amazing, the cars & content are mind blowing, appreciate being along for the ride but I'm starting to suspect you must fart rainbows you lucky lucky barst...😂
Sounds like a proper visit to the dentist. I mean... a proper "hypercar"!
Looks good. Satin black and yellow would have been a better spec though.
Is "weight without batteries" the new "dry weight"? :)
Yeah 😂👍🏻
2:05 He istaking shots at Aston Martin's Valkyrie 😂😂😂, I agree with him but still love the Valkyrie
I am cheering for Lotus
Just imagine this with a screaming v10-12 😂
That's so last century 😊
And still way better than this
The cosworth from gma!
@martynrollinson2661 would be so bad ass, that thing really screams 👍🏻
ICE is too slow
This car with a NA V10 would be glorious
Less than this.
Definitely my next car :)
looks quite similar to the LaFerrari, specifically from the front and side
Amazing bit of British engineering 👏
most powerful vacuum cleaner I've ever seen
Love
What's with the emaciated steering wheel?
That's one heck of a car! The whining noise form the motors would drive me nuts after a few minutes of driving.
That's gear whine, and there's no excuse. The knowledge is out there to make them silent
The sound is rather like that of an electric local train from Mumbai.
Lotus makes the best looking cars
Gtrs or senna.. which is the better car?
When Lotus announced this car and told the public the price, you had all of these smaller review channels just lambasting Lotus for so many reasons, saying they were crazy and that the car was too expensive and that EVs weren't the way to go. Turns out Lotus wasn't crazy, it was just we, the innocent public, who were blinded by poverty.
I just saw the design and went "Oh, that's stupidly pretty, if it's any good to drive and performs according to those specifications, then they'll have no trouble selling the production run." And here we are. Quarter 1 of 2024 and the entire production run has sold through.
Time to see if they make a special edition to sell a handful more or if they want to figure out a way to adapt the chassis with some new bodywork and a more tame drivetrain for a more reasonably priced supercar. With as lovely as the Evija looks, it wouldn't surprise me much if they pulled a Pagani and made a handful of special edition versions to sell more of them. Depends on what the demand looks like, I guess.
The fact that this is only 1200 out of the 2000 HP reaching 170 mph on the final straight is mind blowing.
Yes!🎉
For 20 years I owned a mustang GT, and I’m not gonna say I didn’t enjoy the sound of a V-8. But I also recently drove a polar too, and that vehicle kicked the mustangs ass as far as being fun to drive.
At what point did car drivers decide that the sound of the engine was more important than the performance of the car?
Heck, even my used electric car, a Fiat 500 E, has its own fun with its crazy 0 to 30 acceleration. It’s not a performance car by any means, but it’s still does good things for my perspective on driving.
I also am not entirely clear as to why people lament the loss of a man, although I have this idea that at some point in the future, there will be manual transmissions for electric cars. Don’t ask me.
But as pure performance in racing has removed the clutch and stick, Why are we surprised that it would go away?
And so we are left with only one true reason to lament the electric transition: it is much harder to do your own work on an electric car, especially the way electric cars are being constructed today.
Make no mistake though, working on modern gas cars is no picnic. there are so many electronics that assist a gasoline car in efficiency and performance that several manufacturers have started to seal up the engine and not allow the owner access. And so even without electric cars, this distancing of the owner from the mechanics of the car has already been happening.
That said, I do hope that there will be some small manufacturers who work out away to make electric vehicles that their owners can still maintain. Yes, electric vehicles don’t need as much maintenance, but I can understand why somebody would still want to be able to fiddle with performance and suspension even if they have an electric car. And I for one would very much like an electric car that did not have an infotainment screen.
How many laps can it do on a full charge at 1200 & 2000bhp?
. 7 😂
I think it's about as glowing a review as you can give, James. Unfortunately, with the amount of incredible boutique analog Hypercars in this price range, I can't see a wealthy owner choosing this over one of the other options. From an investment and experience standpoint, this seems as pretty poor choice. I also wonder what other projects Lotus could have pursued with the capital deployed to make the Evija. But, better to celebrate that which exists than bemoan that which does not.
You said what I was thinking but in a way nicer way 😂😂😂
It's not like they planning to make a million of them, you got the point but all of them will be sold anyway
That’s not reality. Investing in high revving NA engines that will be phased out quickly isn’t a great strategy. it’s 1000 pounds (450 kg) lighter than the Rimac Nevera. That is massive
I disagree
@@ludda42 they never mentioned the range, so you don't really know if that is because of better battery technology or its just a smaller battery?
i look for the lotus 037 with that old school engin technologie from baxk in the days