Ukuba nokwenzeka kweLotus SUV sele kuhambele phambili iminyaka emininzi ngoku, kodwa nokuba siyintoni na isizathu, ayizange yenzeke… kakhulu okonwabela abahlambululi. Kodwa ngoku ngokuqinisekileyo iye yaba yinyani.
I-Lotus isandula kutyhila i-tea yokuqala ye-SUV yayo yokuqala, eyaziwa ngoku ngegama lekhowudi ethi Type 132, kwaye ngaphezulu iya kuba ngumbane kuphela. Ayinakuba ngumahluko omkhulu kwinto esiyaziyo ngomakhi omncinci kaHethel.
Le SUV ingazange ibonwe ngaphambili yinxalenye yohlengahlengiso olunebhongo kunye nesicwangciso sokukhula kweLotus, esichazwe emva kokufunyanwa komvelisi nguGeely (umnini weVolvo kunye nePolestar).
Yeyokuqala kwiimodeli ezine ze-100% zombane eziya kusungulwa yi-brand yaseBritani ngo-2026 kwaye ebandakanya enye i-SUV (Uhlobo lwe-134, encinci), i-coupé saloon eneminyango emine (Uhlobo lwe-133) kunye nemoto yezemidlalo enezihlalo ezibini (Uhlobo lwe-135 ) eya kunika umntu oza kungena ezihlangwini zeAlpine A110.
Ezinye iindaba ezinkulu kukuba ezinye zezi modeli zombane ziya kuveliswa kumzi-mveliso omtsha ongekho e-Hethel, e-UK, kodwa e-Wuhan, e-China, eya kujoyina ikomkhulu elitsha le-Lotus Technology.
Uhlobo lwe-132. Yintoni esele siyazi?
I-SUV entsha yombane evela kwiLotus iya kubekwa, kubonakala ngathi, kwi-E-segment, apho iimodeli ezifana nePorsche Cayenne zihlala khona. Siyakukhumbuza ukuba nangona kukho konke ukuphikisana, iCayenne izise kwaye izisa inzuzo enkulu kwi-brand yaseZuffenhausen, eye yaqinisekisa amanqanaba angazange abonwe ngaphambili. Ngaba udidi lwe-132 luya kuba nefuthe elifanayo kwiLotus?
I-Lotus Type 132 iya kuba neebhetri ezisuka kwi-92-120 kWh, i-800 V yezakhiwo zokutshaja ngokukhawuleza, kwaye iinombolo zamandla eziphuculweyo "zinamafutha": phakathi (ngaphezulu nje) kwe-600 hp kunye ne-750 hp.
Okubangel 'umdla kukuba, amanani kubunzima obunokwenzeka (ukukhanya bekusoloko kuyinxalenye ebalulekileyo ye-Lotus 'DNA) yale SUV izenza bazive ngokungabikho kwayo - akulindelekanga ukuba ibe yi-featherweight, kodwa iLotus izimisele ukuba zonke iimodeli zayo ilula kwiiklasi zabo.
Kwiteyitha epapashwe nguLotus, i-aerodynamics ye-SUV kufuneka ibe yeyona nto kugxilwe kuyo ingqalelo ekhethekileyo, umba obalulekileyo kuphuhliso lwezi tram zamva nje. Kwividiyo epapashiweyo, sibona ukungena komoya osezantsi osebenzayo (owenziwe ngepatheni ene-hexagonal), oko kukuthi, ngeeflaphu ezinokuvuleka nokuvala, zikhetha ukupholisa (kule meko, iibhetri) okanye i-aerodynamics.
Ngezantsi kwesi sithuba somoya sinokubona kwakhona ukuthungwa okungaqondakaliyo kwe-carbon fiber kwi-splitter yangaphambili. Ngaba le nto iya kuba yinxalenye yokwakhiwa kwemodeli?
Kuya kufuneka silinde ngoku u-2022 ukuze sibhengezwe ngokupheleleyo kwaye sazi nokuba iza kubizwa ngantoni: siyakrokra ukuba igama liqala ngonobumba "E".