Asazi isizathu, kodwa umlando wezinkampani ezisembonini yezimoto zamaNgisi ubuneziyaluyalu kakhulu. Sinezibonelo ezicacile ekuqothulweni MG Rover, Mini, Bentley y Rolls Royce o Lotus. Impela lena yakamuva iyona ewa kakhulu, ngoba yize yatholwa eminyakeni embalwa edlule ngabakwaGeely, namanje ayazi ukuthi izoshonaphi. Ubufakazi balokhu ukuthi abayeki ukucabanga ngohlelo lwabo lwekusasa, okufanayo lapho kukhona amamodeli abo alandelayo.
Imodeli yakamuva Lotus silethwe emakethe 2009 nomdlalo Evora. Nokho, cishe iminyaka eyishumi kusukela manje, udinga izimpikiswano ezintsha ozokholisa ngazo amakhasimende akho. Intuthuko yesikhathi esizayo ihlanganisa a I-SUV zobukhulu obuphakathi, okwakuthiwa kuzosetshenziswa ubuchwepheshe be Volvo. Nokho, namuhla yonke into isisemoyeni, njengokwaziswa kwakamuva okuye kwavela obala.
Amandla eLotus EV angaba ngu-1.000 hp
Kubukeka sengathi, Lotus izosebenzisana nenkampani engumzali wayo ukwakha i-supercar kagesi. Le hypercar ingaba imodeli ebiza kakhulu, enamandla futhi ephambili eyake yasungulwa yinkampani yamaNgisi. Ukuze wenze lokhu, onjiniyela Hethele bazokwabelana ngolwazi lwabo nalabo abakwa Hlonipha y Volvo, ngoba basagcina ingxenye yolwazi abalufunde noTesla.
Amahemuhemu akhomba ukuthi bazobe besebenza ukuze amandla ale moto kagesi asondele I-1.000 CV. Kodwa-ke, alukho ulwazi mayelana nobukhulu balo modeli, isiteji esingasinikeza ukuphila, ukuzimela noma ukuklama kwayo. Nakho konke, Hlonipha usesandleni sokwakha isikhungo sokukhiqiza sesibili E-England kanye nokuqasha abasebenzi abasha abangama-200.
Namuhla, isimo in Lotus iyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu. Kuze kube manje kulo nyaka zisamakethe kuphela Izimoto ze-145, ngamaphesenti angama-25 ngaphansi kwango-2017. Hlonipha Kufanele usheshe ukuze ukuthenga kwakho okusha kungagcini ngokubulawa indlala. Kodwa-ke, kuzodingeka siqaphe kakhulu, ngoba ikusasa layo lisemoyeni futhi manje kunanini ngaphambili iLotus kufanele iphume intanta.
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