The Weight of the Lotus Ethos City Car. WTF!
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I am on Lotus Cars.com right now reading about the Ethos City Car. They seem to be bragging about the weight and technology they use when they stated the weight of it being 1400kg. Being from the US I had to look up how many lbs 1400kg is. 3080lbs! Am I crazy in thinking that number insane for a car smaller than a Smart car and from an engineering company that is known for light weight vehicles?!? A 4 cylinder Esprit is under 3,000lbs!
From Lotuscars.com: http://www.lotuscars.com/us/our-cars/concept-cars/...
(on a side note, I really like the newly designed website!)
"With a total vehicle weight of less than 1400 kg and 240 Nm of torque instantly available, the Lotus City Car concept has class leading acceleration; 0 - 50 km/h in only 4.5 seconds and 0 - 100 km/h in 9 seconds, when operating as an EV under battery power. The top speed of the Lotus City Car concept is 170 km/h, with a charge sustaining top speed of 120 km/h and all this performance is achieved by a drivetrain that returns CO2 emissions of 60 g/km on the ECE-R101 test schedule."
From Lotuscars.com: http://www.lotuscars.com/us/our-cars/concept-cars/...
(on a side note, I really like the newly designed website!)
"With a total vehicle weight of less than 1400 kg and 240 Nm of torque instantly available, the Lotus City Car concept has class leading acceleration; 0 - 50 km/h in only 4.5 seconds and 0 - 100 km/h in 9 seconds, when operating as an EV under battery power. The top speed of the Lotus City Car concept is 170 km/h, with a charge sustaining top speed of 120 km/h and all this performance is achieved by a drivetrain that returns CO2 emissions of 60 g/km on the ECE-R101 test schedule."
I am all for it being built tbh, as I think its a great vehicle for exactly what its purpose for; the city.
I was just taken aback by the weight of it. I didnt realize batteries weighed that much!!
The performance is unbelievable! 4.5 sec to 60!
Another plus is that it can run off ethanol and/or methanol as well.
I am now reading about the Eterne. This car MUST be made!! It is stunning IMHO!!
I was just taken aback by the weight of it. I didnt realize batteries weighed that much!!
The performance is unbelievable! 4.5 sec to 60!
Another plus is that it can run off ethanol and/or methanol as well.
I am now reading about the Eterne. This car MUST be made!! It is stunning IMHO!!
king sIt's really the one disadvantage with range extender hybrids - you need a fair chunk of the weight of two entire drive systems (and, of course, the cost).
0-60 in nine seconds is easily enough for a city car, I suppose. It'll be interesting to see how refined the range extender is when it fires up.
On the face of it, it looks like it could be a good "white goods" city car, but nothing more. I suspect it's more a proof of concept of their range extender engine than a serious attempt at building a car that will sell in large numbers.
0-60 in nine seconds is easily enough for a city car, I suppose. It'll be interesting to see how refined the range extender is when it fires up.
On the face of it, it looks like it could be a good "white goods" city car, but nothing more. I suspect it's more a proof of concept of their range extender engine than a serious attempt at building a car that will sell in large numbers.
Edited by kambites on Wednesday 13th June 08:31
As said, it's a range extender so has batteries, engine, generator, electric motors, etc, etc so it's always going to be heavy for its size.
Also, it was an engineering demonstration vehicle developed by Lotus Engineering rather than by Lotus Cars, I don't know if there was ever the intention to build it in that form as a Lotus.
Also, it was an engineering demonstration vehicle developed by Lotus Engineering rather than by Lotus Cars, I don't know if there was ever the intention to build it in that form as a Lotus.
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