Captain Slow Is in Awe of Lotus' 2,000-HP, $3 Million Evija Electric Hypercar

There are still people who blatantly refuse the idea of an electric supercar or hypercar, on grounds that there's no engine noise to stimulate their senses. And we partially agree, because who doesn't love the sound of a V10 Lexus LFA or a V12 Ferrari F12 TDF; that said, the switch to electric power does seem unavoidable at this point.

And it's obvious that most if not all the car manufacturers around the globe are making serious efforts in terms of technology development, and Lotus is no exception. The car was first presented in November of 2019, but production is set to begin in the first half of 2021.

The Evija is already on display on the Lotus website, and you can even play around with the configurator if you want, which is probably the most interaction you're going to have with this car unless you're a millionaire. We love that there's a large selection of colors available, and James seems to be interacting with a Solaris Yellow one.

Leaving aside the statement that the Evija will be able to accelerate to 60 mph (96 kph) in considerably under 3 seconds, one other very interesting fact is that it should be capable of reaching 180 mph (290 kph) from a standstill in under 9 seconds. To put things in perspective, the already fast McLaren P1 hypercar needs more than 16 seconds to achieve similar performance.

Unfortunately, we don't get to see James actually drive the car, as it is still a prototype, but we do get a few interesting insights about the project, like the fact that only 130 of these will ever be built and that they will be sold for about $3 million each!