"Lotus, like other automakers, envisioned a future where it would only build electric cars by 2028. It was ambitious, and it made fans a little reluctant to what the future would offer, but that plan has now been revised, as sales of the very expensive Eletre and Emeya EVs have been anything but stellar. Enter the Lotus For Me, the brand's first plug-in hybrid."
"Except for a slightly more open front grille and some discreet badging on the rear hatch, the car looks exactly like the Eletre. Under the skin, however, big changes have been made, the biggest being the addition of a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine that makes 279 horsepower on its own. The engine, lifted straight from the Zeekr 9X luxury SUV, which is also made under Geely's umbrella, can power the front wheels or act as a generator for the 70-kilowatt-hour high-voltage battery supplied by CATL."
Lotus abandoned its plan to make only electric cars for now and introduced the For Me plug-in hybrid based on the Eletre SUV. The exterior remains nearly identical, while a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine producing 279 horsepower joins a 70-kilowatt-hour CATL high-voltage battery. The gasoline engine can drive the front wheels or act as a generator. The battery uses 900-volt architecture allowing charging above 400 kW; a related Zeekr 9X charges from 30% to 80% in just over eight minutes. The twin-motor PHEV claims 952 hp total and an optimistic 220-mile CLTC electric range.
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