Someone's Built A Stupidly Fast Electric Lotus Evora

The electric Evora we first saw a few months ago is now driveable, and it's very, very fast...
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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.

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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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Anonymous

Excuse me…

05/08/2017 - 14:16 |
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Anonymous

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(I know it doesn’t have power, but sush)

05/08/2017 - 14:17 |
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Matt Robinson
Matt Robinson

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See paragraph 3 ;)

05/08/2017 - 17:52 |
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Anonymous

Some time ago i saw a Lotus with an e60 m5 V10 engine in it, would rather have that!

05/08/2017 - 14:21 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

I absolutely agree with you

05/08/2017 - 15:06 |
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TheMindGarage

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Wait… that exists?!? NEED. NOW.

05/08/2017 - 15:43 |
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André Costa

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Yeah i also saw it, but i dont think it was an Evora tough.

05/08/2017 - 21:29 |
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05/08/2017 - 14:28 |
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G coffey

A more reliable Tesla roadster?

05/08/2017 - 14:33 |
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It’s a lotus what r u talking about

05/08/2017 - 16:35 |
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Anonymous

Wow that was shockingly fast
(Cringe)

05/08/2017 - 14:33 |
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German Perfectionist

So, we had 1 Million new and special editions, an underwater car, and now an insanely quick electric one. Lotus, it’s time for a new model!

05/08/2017 - 14:42 |
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You forgot the face-melting hypercar aswell!

05/08/2017 - 21:35 |
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Thats an elise, Sasha’s car is an Evora

05/09/2017 - 07:46 |
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4th Gen Guy

So basically a Tesla Roadster?

05/08/2017 - 15:24 |
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Poke

New leaked footage of Tesla Coupe!!!!!

05/08/2017 - 15:38 |
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Gites

That guy be like

05/08/2017 - 15:48 |
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Anonymous

Putting the “EV” in EVora……….

05/08/2017 - 16:27 |
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