Overview
- Lotus confirmed on Wednesday that European customers can now order the Eletre X, the company’s first production plug-in serial hybrid following a public strategic reversal away from BEV-only plans.
- The Eletre X uses a range‑extender layout with two electric axle motors driven by a 70 kWh NMC battery and a 2.0-liter 150 kW petrol engine that acts only as a generator.
- Lotus quotes a 900-volt electrical architecture with 20–80% DC charging in about nine minutes on a 350 kW charger and a peak data-sheet DC power up to 436 kW, though those figures are company claims and not independently verified.
- The company lists a provisional pure-electric range of up to about 350 km, a WLTP combined range of more than 1,200 km with a 52-liter tank, two performance trims (H550 and H1000) and European starting prices near €96,990 for the H550 and €119,990 for the H1000.
- Lotus positions the Eletre X as a premium, performance SUV with features like a KEF 23‑speaker audio system and 6.0 kW V2L capability and says the car weighs roughly 2,550–2,615 kg, a figure the company highlights as lighter than its all-electric sibling.