Lotus announced it will begin testing its first prototype circuit hybrid, which is made possible by a technology development program subsidized by the British government. The model mounted two electric motors 414 horsepower developed, and a three-cylinder internal combustion acts as generator. In hybrid mode, can travel 482 km.

As the years, automakers are getting in tune with the increasingly stringent environmental regulations. L Even manufacturers of sports you, that questions of logic, were the most resisted in its transition from fuel powered models to new forms of alternative energy. However, all in one way or another have begun to walk that road irreversible. Ferrari, Audi, Porsche and Bugatti are some of the electric motors that added some of their cars and now Lotus’s beginning to realize the “dream of the hybrid itself.”

In 2010 the British automaker presented at the Geneva Motor Show prototype Evora 414E, which had started its development in 2008, a model that, precisely, would aim to become the first brand to mount a drive “green.” Well, this prototype was presented again during the past weekend at the Festival of Speed Goodwood and now heralds the beginning of the first tests on the circuit. Continue reading →