It will be made in China, much like the Eletre SUV.

We can all be open and honest about it. Few people would have thought that we’d be talking casually about an electric Lotus sedan to go with an SUV without a combustion engine. We were all under the impression that the Norfolk peeps would continue to sell the Elise/Exige/Evora and upgrade them with special editions. Geely purchased the company and brought it under the corporate umbrella of Volvo. It’s 2022, and the Eletre has officially been released. An electric sedan will follow in 2023. The Porsche Taycan competitor, currently known as its “Type 133”, is due in 2023 to be the second China-built model following the SUV. The British magazine Autocar obtained some preliminary information about the saloon. They claim it won’t be like the Eletre sans its stilts.

Lotus claims that the sedan’s design will be completed soon. Peter Horbury, senior vice president of design, said that “every member” of a family could have their own personality. However, the company must have a cohesive design. This is why “there needs to be continuity and family identity.” “Families don’t consist of just triplets or quadruplets,” says Peter Horbury, senior VP of design. Lotus’ answer to Taycan GTS will feature an aerodynamic exterior design and a minimalist, high-tech cabin. The sedan should be as powerful as the SUV or Zuffenhausen’s sedan, considering the Eletre has two motors that produce 592 horsepower each. Lotus has said that there will be stronger versions of the Type 133, so it could one day rival the Turbo or Turbo S.

Matt Windle, managing director of the company, said that the SUV with 592 horsepower is the “starting point” and there are more to come. There are rumors of a trimotor Eletre with a staggering 900 horsepower. This would be lower than the Tesla Model S Plaid or Lucid Air Dream Edition Performance. The Type 134, a small Wuhan-built electric crossover that will compete with the next-generation EV-only Porsche Macan, will be Lotus’ expansion in 2024. The result of a collaboration with Alpine will be an electric sports car that is built in Hethel in 2026. Renault’s performance arm, the A110 Coupe, will be replaced by a new variant.