Lotus New Zealand pulled the obligatory Union Jack flag off the Chinese-built Emeya EV at a special customer event in Auckland this week.
Emeya is built on the same platform as the Eletre SUV and shares many of its components; but it's designed to be more than simply a coupe version of same. It has a lower roofline but it's also lower to the ground, thanks in part to a smaller (but still 102kWh), thinner battery.
It's more of a large GT then, but the top R version serves up 675kW/905Nm and can hit 100km/h in just 2.8 seconds, hence Lotus's "hyper GT" tag.
Lotus NZ didn't have much to share on specification specifics or pricing (there'll be more news before the end of the month, apparently), but we know there are also entry-level and S models with 450kW that'll do 0-100km/h in 4.2sec, with ranges of 500-580km.
The silly-fast R has the least range of the... range, as you'd expect. But it still delivers 435km. All Emeya models share the same 102kWh battery pack and all are dual-motor AWD.
Emeya and Eletre are products of Lotus Technology, a separate division of the brand (based in Wuhan, China) from Lotus Cars in the UK, which remains focused on sports models. But even those will be EV in the future; the current Emira two-seater is the brand's last petrol-powered car.
Next from Lotus Technology will be a smaller SUV, which we may see this year - but isn't likely to go on sale until 2026.