{"id":2683,"date":"2024-09-13T12:33:53","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T12:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skytoprover.com\/?p=2683"},"modified":"2024-09-19T14:31:52","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T14:31:52","slug":"lotus-eletre-priced-at-a-shocking-229900-due-to-new-chinese-ev-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skytoprover.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/13\/lotus-eletre-priced-at-a-shocking-229900-due-to-new-chinese-ev-tariffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Lotus Eletre Priced At A Shocking $229,900 Due To New Chinese EV Tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Lotus Eletre has finally touched down on North American shores, in the form of an exclusive, ultra-luxurious variant known as the Eletre Carbon. It will initially set back US buyers at least $229,900, a massive increase from the $107,000 starting price first announced<\/a> back in April. The reason? Primarily due to tariffs and because this is a special edition launch model based on the most powerful R version.<\/p>\n var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.triggerAd(“6a782b01-facb-45f3-a88f-ddf1b1f97657”); When Lotus<\/a> first announced plans to launch the Eletre in the U.S., the Biden administration had yet to hike tariffs on EVs built in China from 25% to 100%. This allowed it to price the electric SUV very competitively, giving it a good chance to succeed in the U.S. market. <\/p>\n Read: Lotus May Put The Brakes On Elise EV Development To Wait For Lighter Batteries<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n However, the tariff hike \u2013 announced just weeks after the carmaker\u2019s original pricing release \u2013 has forced it to reposition its products in the US<\/a>. <\/p>\n window._taboola = window._taboola || []; window._taboola = window._taboola || []; The Eletre Carbon is based on the highest-performance version of the SUV, known as the Eletre R, which was originally going to start at $145,000. That means it rocks a 111.9 kWh battery pack with a pair of electric motors rated at a combined 905 hp and 727 lb-ft (985 Nm) of torque. It can hit 62 mph (100 km\/h) in just 2.95 seconds and is capable of a 165 mph (265 km\/h) top speed.<\/p>\n
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