Type 132 electric SUV
With all the interest on this board around SUV's and electric cars I thought there might be interest in a post I read on a Lotus forum from someone who has seen a preview of the forthcoming Type 132 electric SUV in Shanghai along with some teaser photo's the guests were given and a sketch he made of the car.
"As I promised here I am to share my experience of the Type132 preview event here in Shanghai. It’s pretty late already so I’ll be quite brief at this moment but I’ll happily answer any questions you guys have later.
In one word, “wow”.
It’s everything I had expected but dialled to 11. It’s awesome even a bit mad and excessive. Just throw out some numbers: 0-100(0-60 for miles) under 3 seconds. 800v electric motors (similar to Taycan) putting out 1000 horsepower. 4 LiDAR sensors all actively deployed (so they sit flush when not in use). Active aero front and back with some 110kg and 80kg downforce front & rear. Carbon and exotic materials everywhere even forged carbon on centre console. 21 inch rims and even 23s in carbon being developed. Range is yet to be disclosed but “adequate”. You get the idea. This is a near 5 meter long 2 meter wide behemoth super suv.
Look wise all I can say it’s the Lamborghini Urus we never had. To me Urus is a missed opportunity and Type132 is every bit more impressive and shows how it should be done. Of course our phone cameras were disabled so no spy shot here. But they have some poster cards showing some detail and I’ll post here
Interior is similarly exciting with concept car like design and exotic materials plus some gimmicky night club lighting. It seats 4 or 5 depending on option and in 4 seat configuration the back seats are aggressive bucket seats looking stuff.
They say price wise it competes with electric Cayennes coming in the future. I must confess I’m not the target buyer of these kinds of crazy super electric SUV’s, but it is indeed a bold looking package and I really hope it succeeds."
More background info on the car https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/spy-shots/lotus/lotus-suv-crossover/
And this is his sketch, drawn from memory, of how it looks.
Many EVs are just plain ugly. The designers try a more futuristic look but often fail miserably, just for the purpose to look "different". The "best" good looking low budget EV right now is the Hyundai Ioniq 5 in my opinion. Very special but not too futuristic look (could be more of a Volkswagen though 
) and you recognize it immediately. 
