The film features an engineering development vehicle testing on the 3.6km track at Hethel in the UK.
At the wheel is Gavan Kershaw, Lotus director of vehicle attributes, who provides extensive new commentary on key elements of the Evija project.
At almost five minutes long and using on-board cameras to reveal new views of the car, it’s the most detailed insight yet into the dynamic excellence of Britain’s first all-electric hypercar.
The film was launched as the Evija takes centre stage at this week’s Salon Prive Concours d’Elegance - the UK’s most exclusive motor show.
The show takes place in the beautiful gardens of Blenheim Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage site in the heart of the Oxfordshire countryside.
In the film, Kershaw reveals the goals for the Evija which was to create a hypercar with genuine everyday usability.
He further revealed that the new details on the progressive deployment of power and torque through the car’s five drive modes.
The first Range mode is limited to 1,000PS of power and 800Nm of torque.
This mode switches the Evija from four-wheel drive to rear-wheel drive to maximise the distance available from the battery and its intelligent power management system.
In City mode, there's better power control with a decrease in the level of regenerative braking for urban environments.
The third Tour mode automatically switches between four and rear-wheel-drive to deliver more than 1,400PS of power with torque-vectoring.
Lastly, Sport mode ups the performance figures to 1,700PS and 1,700Nm.
This is linked to the stability control systems to increase traction levels.
Lotus says that this mode is the most extreme of them all, boosting power delivery to the maximum of 2,000PS.
It delivers the highest level of torque-vectoring with the Evija’s Drag Reduction System (DRS) available on request and the chassis setting automatically switches to Track.
Also included in the film are exclusive dynamic views of the battery pack located immediately behind the two seats, echoing the classic mid-mounted powertrain layout of so many Lotus cars.
This creates an optimum weight distribution and makes the Evija exceptionally manoeuvrable when racing up past 320kph.
“Lotus cars are very nimble, inspiring great confidence when being driven, and the Evija is no different to that,” said Kershaw.
