Lotus Envya shows its interior during winter testing

The upcoming electric sedan Lotus Envya is undergoing its winter testing in northern parts of China. We saw the first images of the car a while back in a different part of the country and now we have some more shots thanks to eagle-eyed Lotus fans.

For the first time we have the opportunity to look inside of the car, known officially as the Type 133. The car of course is fully covered in camouflage to keep the details of the bodywork away from prying eyes.

We can clearly see the split-headlights design with DLRs sitting separately above the driving lights. While the photos from before showed clearly some sensors on the roof, this vehicle has none. The roof is completely free of any hardware but there is a clear outline of the retractable LiDAR.

The additional LiDAR sensors are in the wheel arches, just above the wheels just like in the Lotus Eletre. Here, they are covered by the boxy extrusions.

The interior of the test car is in a 4-seat configuration and it is quite possible that this may be the only option. With the Envya sitting much lower than the Eletre, it is quite possible there are some batteries stashed in the tunnel running between the seats - all the way from the front to the back of the car.

While the dashboard is covered up and we can’t see much, the steering wheel looks very similar to the one from Eletre. The shape of the dashboard seems to be similar as well, it runs really low with the displays most likely being wide and narrow - just as they are in the electric SUV from Lotus.

The seats have similar design as well and then there are the red seat belts, just to remind the drivers they are sitting inside of something special. On the technical side of things, we can expect the Envya to share its drivetrains with its bigger siblings - we can expect to see the 905 hp R version capable of sub-3 seconds sprint from 0 to 100 km/h.

Once the winter testing has concluded, the test vehicles will return to the factory, there will be more tests and many more miles to cover before we see the production Lotus Envya on the road.

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