SELOC staging review
Published 7 March 2024

Emeya and the changing meaning of a Lotus GT

From the archive. Prices, availability and references describe the original publication date.

Take a friend and a couple of bags on an Emeya test drive. Try the back seats, then work out where you’d stop on a route you know. A four-door Lotus that spends much of its life on a motorway has to be judged as a GT. A quick sprint up a slip road doesn’t tell you whether it’s one you’d want to cross France in.

Lotus Emeya at IAA 2025
Lotus Emeya at IAA 2025. Alexander Migl / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

In 2024 Lotus quoted 18 minutes from 10 to 80 per cent on suitable 350 kW hardware. That’s a useful comparison if the battery and charger are ready for it. A cold pack, a queue or a bay that won’t deliver its rated output can make the stop longer.

For an owner with overnight charging, this may only matter on a handful of trips a year. Check those trips before you decide how much weight to give the number.