Lotus Reveals Tiny EV Citycar Concept
Take a look at the future of urban motoring. At least, that’s what UK car manufacturer Lotus would have us believe after revealing an exciting new all-electric car concept that it says most city cars might look like five years from now .
After a challenge by car magazine Automotive Engineer, the British design and engineering firm developed a concept some 3.74 inches shorter than a Smart ForTwo and nearly 16 inches shorter than the new Toyota iQ. Amazingly, Lotus reckon there’ll still be enough space for four adults (more photo’s after the jump).
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The design sketches reveal two different versions, both sporting two sliding doors, liquid-cooled 37 kW motors and 10 kWh lithium-ion battery packs.
See here for the full story of how Lotus responded to the brief and developed the concept (PDF).
Image Credits – Automotive Engineer

















July 28th, 2009 at 10:11 am
The plural of photo is “photos”, not “photo’s”.
apostrophe + S = possessive