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About Emeya

If the Eletre was Lotus's electric statement of intent, the Emeya is the sequel in sedan form. Revealed in 2023, it is a low-slung four-door grand tourer that shares the Eletre's 800-volt architecture and Wuhan production line but trades the SUV's height for a shape aimed squarely at the Porsche Taycan and the Mercedes-AMG electric sedans. Lotus calls it a hyper-GT, a label that sounds like marketing until the quickest versions launch themselves with more than 900 horsepower.

On the road the Emeya trades on composure. Air suspension and active aerodynamics help disguise considerable weight, and reviewers have praised its stability at speed and its ability to cover long distances in calm comfort. A factory-stock car set an electric production-car lap record at Malaysia's Sepang circuit, beating a heavily modified rival. Critics counter that the limits of its chassis show when the car is loaded with passengers and pushed hard, a reminder that physics still applies to Lotuses.

Like its SUV sibling, the Emeya has been caught in the crosscurrents of trade policy, with tariffs on Chinese-built EVs shaping where it is sold and what it costs, while steep price cuts in China have shown how competitive that market has become. Lotus has refreshed the car with louder, more aggressive tuning and updated software, including a 900-horsepower version, and it has served as a rolling showcase for the engineering muscle the Geely era brought to Hethel and Wuhan.

Stories here follow its reviews and comparison tests, price changes, regional launches, recalls and the fortunes of Lotus Technology, whose results depend heavily on cars like this one. The bigger question is whether a four-door electric GT can carry a sports-car name, and whether buyers in this rarefied class see the Lotus badge as a reason to choose it over a Porsche. So far the answer has been a cautious maybe, which makes every sales figure worth watching.