Yes, Lotus Eletre is back. Unlike the previous release in the UK, this time Eletre made its debut in China, and some points of concern for Chinese consumers were also announced.
Regarding the specific parameters of Eletre’s vehicles, we have already made a 42Lite article before, and those who are interested may wish to go back and take a look. At this Chinese launch event, mainly the parameters related to intelligent cockpit and assisted driving were announced.
In terms of intelligent cockpit, the central control screen adopts a 15.1-inch OLED screen with HDR technology. As for the “super wide black border” that everyone criticized before, it should only be the problem of the trial installation car. From the current pictures, the overall display quality of Eletre’s central control screen is still good, and it looks very thin from the side.
The car’s chip uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon dual 8155 chip, with Gigabit Ethernet, 5G network and Bluetooth 5.2 technology. At the same time, the whole vehicle supports UWB digital key, which can be used to unlock the vehicle with a smartphone.
In terms of cabin acoustics, there are a total of 23 British KEF speakers installed in the car, and the highest power of the amplifier is 2,160 kW.
The interior uses a large area of composite fabric, which is made of synthetic fibers and lightweight wool blended by the well-known environmentally friendly material supplier Kvadrat. It looks very of high quality.
For the assisted driving chip, Eletre uses the NVIDIA dual Orin-X chip, with a total computing power of 508 TOPS. However, many new cars this year, such as ET7, IM L7, XPeng G9, and Ideal L9, have also used Orin chips. I wonder if NVIDIA’s production capacity is sufficient?
The rest of the assisted driving hardware parameters are as follows, with the biggest highlight being the four scalable and self-cleaning LIDARs. Functionally, the future will achieve the integration of high speed, urban, and parking scenarios. From a hardware perspective, Eletre’s level is indeed impressive. However, if you have read our latest issue of 42Mark, you will know that hardware level and final on-road performance cannot be equated. So I am also looking forward to getting the test drive car soon and testing it out on the road!
At the end of the press conference, some planning for the Chinese region was presented. In terms of sales outlets, 51 stores will be opened in 23 cities nationwide in 2022. Regarding charging stations, more than 200 800V high-voltage charging stations will be self-built.
Currently, Lotus’ official website, App, and Mini Program have started pre-orders, with a pre-order price of 5,000 yuan. Unfortunately, the final selling price was not announced this time. Lotus stated that the specific car models, versions, and prices will be announced in the third quarter of this year.
This article is a translation by ChatGPT of a Chinese report from 42HOW. If you have any questions about it, please email bd@42how.com.