Someone's Built A Stupidly Fast Electric Lotus Evora
A few months ago, we were blown away by an amazing build that involved an amateur racing driver creating a home-brewed electric Lotus. It’s now driveable, and as seen in the video above, it’s a bit of a monster.
Using an Evora coupe as a base, Sasha Anis has been busy installing batteries from a pair of Chevrolet Volts and the motor from a crashed Tesla Model S. The project has been extensively covered by YouTube channel Speed Academy, and it was filmed a few weeks ago hitting 450whp on the dyno.
The car reminds us of the old Tesla Roadster - which was based on a Lotus Elise - although that particular electric sports car never had anything like this kind of power to play with.
Anis’ car still isn’t finished - it doesn’t have power steering yet, for instance - but it’s already hugely impressive. It’s also pretty cool to take a sneaky peek at the electric drivetrain while it’s working. Kudos to whoever thought to mount a GoPro there!
We’ll be watching the rest of the series with interest.
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sneaky sneaky
Isn’t it called the Tesla Roadster?
Nice try.
cough
Real life Coil Voltic!
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