Lotus Bringing Plug-N-Play Hybrid Drivetrain System to Geneva

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The folks over at Lotus Engineering have teamed up with shareholder Proton to create what is essentially a plug-n-play hybrid drivetrain system.

To be shown this week at the Geneva Motor Show, the so-called EVE Hybrid (Efficient, Variable, Environmental) is being displayed in a second-generation Proton sedan to showcase “how OEMs can introduce lower emissions variants to existing model ranges that currently only offer conventional gasoline and diesel powertrains.

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[...] Lotus has lots up its sleeve here in Geneva. Last night, the company released info on the plug-in hybrid concept it’s showing off. The green dealie is the product of a partnership between it and parent, Malaysia’s Proton. But for sheer sexification, you can’t do much better than its other, more sporting display-case bait. That is, the Exige GT3 concept road car. A product of Lotus Sport, Lotus’s performance arm, the GT3 is a prototypical offshoot of the company’s GT3 racing efforts. And it’s not a bad idea to attract attention to your racing program by building a roadgoing model that uses many of its counterpart’s, er, parts. That includes the powertrain, a supercharged 271-hp version of the Exige’s 1.8-liter Toyota-sourced firebrand, with twin oil coolers. The GT3 also gets 10″ rear wheels with 255 width tires. Zero to sixty happens in under four seconds and V-max is reached at 160 mph. Uprated brakes and a new aero kit complete the package. No word on production yet, but who could possibly bet against something like that? – Mike Spinelli [...]

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[...] Dévoilé à l’occasion du Salon de Genève, Eve, prototype Lotus, se veut le démonstrateur d’une nouvelle technique d’hybridation des véhicules. Ne cherchez pas des lignes futuristes à ce concept, la base du véhicule étant une Proton GEN-2 de base. L’idée est justement de démontrer la facilité d’adaptation de cette technique à des véhicules conventionnels. C’est en fait une hybridation plug’n'play en trois temps que proposent les ingénieurs de Lotus. 1. Le Start & Stop Rien d’extraordinaire à ce niveau, le système étant connu et proposé par Valéo sur les C2 et C3. On ne peut pas vraiment parler d’hybridation, mais la coupure automatique du moteur thermique à l’arrêt (feu rouge par exemple) représente une avancée qui mériterait d’être généralisée sur l’ensemble des véhicules. Cette solution simple qui se base sur un alterno-démarreur, baptisée Micro-Hybrid par Lotus, permet des gains de consommation de l’ordre de 5%, et une réduction des émissions de CO2 également de l’ordre de 5%. [...]

Don

From 39 to 50 mpg?

That's Euro-cycle, right?

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