Report: Lotus bringing a pair of front-engine hybrids to Paris Motor Show

Filed under: Hybrid , Paris Motor Show , Lotus Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid – Click above for high-res image gallery In addition to the pair of Evoras being introduced at this year’s Paris Motor Show , Lotus will also be unveiling two front-engine hybrid vehicles, in keeping with the automaker’s promise to offer more gasoline/electric sports cars. Edmunds’ Green Car Advisor reports that one of these hybrid cars will be a four-door hatchback and the other will be a two-door coupe. Lotus debuted its hybrid concept earlier this year in the form of the Evora 414E Hybrid (pictured), but unlike the mid-engine concept, the two front-engine models will utilize a 47-horsepower 1.2-liter three-cylinder engine specifically designed to provide power to electric-drive hybrids. We’ll have the full details direct from the Paris show later this month, so stay tuned.

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Lotus Evora Hybrid waiting on UK government funds

Filed under: Coupe , Government/Legal , Lotus , UK , Electric Lotus Evora 414E – Click above for high-res image gallery How many prototypes Lotus builds of the Evora 414E will depend on whether it gets money from the British government’s Technology Strategy Board. The TSB funds and supports forays into a broad range of initiatives, including working with Peugeot on fuel cells and Ford on electric vehicles. Lotus, in partnership with three other companies, created the 47-horsepower range-extending engine in the Evora 414E as part of a winning project for the TSB’s Limo-Green initiative.

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Lotus and Fagor Ederlan Group to produce range-extender engine

Filed under: Concept Cars , Hybrid , Lotus Lotus Evora 414E Concept – Click above for high-res image gallery Lotus Engineering has reached an agreement with the Spanish Fagor Ederlan Group to develop and produce a small engine for use as a range extender in electric vehicles – a system similar to that found in the Chevrolet Volt . Lotus first showed its 1.2-liter inline-three engine at the Geneva Motor Show in the Evora 414E and Proton Emas concepts. Both cars used a similar series hybrid powertrain architecture, where an electric motor provides the drive torque while the engine only drives a generator to sustain the battery after the plug-in charge has been depleted.

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Geneva 2010: Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid Concept mixes old and new

Filed under: Concept Cars , Coupe , Hybrid , Performance , Geneva Motor Show , Europe , Lotus , Electric Lotus Evora 414E Hybrid Concept – click above for high-res image gallery We got sneak peek of the first ever Lotus Hybrid a couple of days ago, and now we’ve seen the Evora 414E Hybrid in the metallic flesh. Just a slight refresher on the technology, the 414E makes 408 horsepower and a skull-popping 590 pound-feet of torque via electricity. That’s right, this is not your Prius-style hybrid. Like Chevy’s Volt , the Evora 414E is an extended-range electric vehicle .

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