Hot off the reveal of the all-new Lotus Eletre EV SUV, the U.K. automaker has revealed that the Porsche Taycan GTS sedan is serving as a performance benchmark for its upcoming lineup. Lotus is fast at work developing its new all-electric sedan codenamed the Type 133 due next year, which will be quickly followed by a second all-new SUV soon after.

A few Lotus executives chatted to Autocar about the future of the brand now that the new Eletre SUV has been revealed. With a 100-kWh battery pack dumping as much as 600 horsepower through all four wheels, the new Eletre platform is indeed a close match to the 590-hp output of the Porsche Taycan GTS.

Gavan Kershaw, Lotus’s director of attributes and product integrity, explained the discrepancy of benchmarking a rival sedan for an SUV model, telling Autocar it was more about “benchmarking the platform,” including features like “active roll control, CDC [continuous damping control], air-sprung independent active rear steer and active aero.”

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The platform that resulted from Lotus’ benchmarking is dubbed the Lotus Electric Premium Architecture, or EPA, which is separate from Lotus’ sports car platform shared with Alpine. The first model to utilize the EPA is the Eletre SUV, which can zoom from zero to 60 mph in less than 3.0 seconds and hit a top speed of 161 mph. The 800-volt electrical architecture, similar to the Taycan’s earlier system, is capable of rapid recharging, up to 248 miles of range in 20 minutes when connected to a 350-kW charger.

The Porsche is just one of many performance benchmarks for Lotus, opening the door to greater performance down the line, according to execs speaking to Autocar. “Lotus managing director Matt Windle confirmed that 592bhp is ‘where we’re starting at—there’s more to come’ from Lotus EVs,” which will include the pair of codenamed Type 133 sedan and Type 134 SUV models that will join the Eletre, with the Type 133 set for reveal later next year.

Their design will reflect elements shown on the Eletre so far, but “families aren’t made up entirely of triplets or quadruplets […] every member of a family can have their own character,” according to Lotus senior vice-president of design Peter Horbury. Maybe the future models will look less like they benchmarked Lamborghini in the design studio. In the meantime, the Eletre is slated for sale in China next year, with sales expected to come to the U.S. in 2024.

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