It’s been two years since Geely founder Li Shufu (56) appointed former Lotus boss Jean-Marc Gales (57) to the Hanghzou headquarters. He had just signed the contract that secured him a majority stake in British sports car maker Lotus. And he already knew what he wanted next: a car that never existed before. Very fast, very expensive and completely electric.
In the summer of this year, the car will park on a stage on Elverton Street, in central London. A flat, wide predator with huge gills, held in shark gray. Two million dollars should cost the “Evija”, make 2000 hp and accelerate to 100 km in less than three seconds – and of course electrically. The Gullwing looks like a wild dream of Volkswagen’s late brand collector Ferdinand Piëch, the man who has taken Li Shufu as his role model. Lotus is after Geely, Volvo, the electric car brand Geometry, Lynk & Co. and further the seventh car brand