Range Extended Electric Vehicle

2011 Audi A1 – Click above for high-res image gallery

2011 Audi A1 – Click above for high-res image gallery

Getrag Range Extender – Click above for high-res image gallery

The latest product of Lotus Engineering's ongoing development work on alternative drivetrains is a new engine custom designed for use as a range extender in electric drive vehicles. The engineers at Lotus have developed an optimized architecture using a mono-block layout that combines the cylinder head, exhaust manifold and cylinder block into a single casting. Such an architecture allows for lower weight and reduced cost which is critical to making range extended EVs or series hybrids economica

Lou Rhodes and the Dodge Circuit prototype