Lotus Surpasses Its Own Fast-Charging Record

It’s important to note that the record attempt wasn’t conducted in the European climate but in the Kuwaiti heat by Lotus Al Ghanim, the official dealer there. A red Emeya was plugged into Lotus’s own fast charger, which has a maximum capacity of 450 kW. In the test, the electric sports sedan reached a peak power of 443 kW, almost the maximum the fast charger can deliver.

With this fast-charging capacity, the Emeya, which has a 102 kWh 800-volt battery pack, can charge from 10 to 80 percent in 13 minutes and 35 seconds. On paper, the Lotus always has 420 kW of fast-charging capacity. In Germany, it’s already possible to plug your Lotus into a 450 kW fast charger; the brand is rolling out its fast-charging network to the rest of Europe from there.

Lotus is right when it claims that with this record, the Emeya establishes itself as the fastest-charging Lotus, but there are Chinese brands that go even a step further. For example, both the Xpeng G6 RWD Long Range and the AWD Performance can fast-charge at 451 kW, and the G9 AWD Performance at 525 kW. The Zeekr 7X delivers 480 kW fast-charging power in all configurations. 

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