Lotus Eigne Electric Sports Car

The Lotus Eigne is a design study on an electric sportscar with a 3+1 seating arrangement that was created by David Fearnley, a graduate from the Transportation Design Course at Northumbria University. Four in wheel electric motros that offer the sports car rear biased four wheel drive will be the powertrain of this Eigne. The electric motors are powered by a set of batteries that are sandwiched in the floor pan.

This solution not only keeps the batteries cool and lowers center of gravity for better handling, but it also eliminates any obstacles on the floor pan allowing a 3+1 seat layout. In the Eigne, the driver sits in the centre of the cabin having two passenger seats on each side and a baby-seat positioned directly behind him. Due to the central driving position, the doors designed is incorporate a section of the roof in order to allow a larger access point to step in the interior.