Review: Lotus Eletre – an insane Iron Man-type car

Review: Lotus Eletre – an insane Iron Man-type car
The Lotus Eletre. (Images: Getty)
Matt Martel
The Lotus Eletre is supposedly a car. It looks car-ish: four wheels, steering wheel – you get the picture. But it is about as similar to a car as a jetski to a container ship. The Eletre is more like something Rocket Lab would send into space. Or Iron Man would turn into a time machine to go back in time and defeat Thanos again. This is a really hyper hypercar. And it scared the bejeezus out of me. It also induced screams and giggles from anyone I drove with if I pushed my foot to the floor. I promised Lotus I wou...

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