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LOTUS EVIJA
When the legendary Colin Chapman built his first Lotus racing car back in 1948, his philosophy was to keep the weight down and optimise power, a maxim that lives on in the upcoming Evija all-electric hypercar. Imaginative though Chapman was, he couldn’t have believed in his wildest dreams that one day, a Lotus road car would rocket to 100 km/h in less than three seconds solely on its electric motors. WORDS TONY WHITNEY PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF LOTUS SPONSORED BY C. DE SALAMANCA 86 / SEPTEMBER JUNE 2021 ESSENTIAL 2021 ESSENTIAL MAGAZINE MAGAZINE
