Sedans and SUVs are the only car classes that McLaren doesn’t bother to build. With the marque’s newly discovered leadership, that will soon change.
According to a story in the UK’s Auto Express, Michael Leiters, the new CEO of McLaren Automotive, has confirmed that the company’s excursions into electrification do not include a hypercar EV that might compete with the approximately 2,000-hp Lotus Evija. According to Leiters, the technology isn’t sufficiently developed for this to occur. The emphasis will be on a more common electric vehicle type, a vehicle with “more lifestyle, a more utility purpose.”
“You’ll logically draw certain implications when you hear words like “utility” or “lifestyle.” The main test for McLaren, in my opinion, maybe something that allows for sharing among more passengers. Not necessarily higher-riding, but it may be, “Leiters stated in the study.
The former CTO of Ferrari Leiters is renowned for his rigid lightweight approach. One may anticipate that in the next practical electric vehicle, along with McLaren’s DNA. Leiters feels that £200,000 should be the price minimum for McLaren ownership, thus that price is likewise anticipated to be at least that amount.
Leiters made a suggestion in Car magazine only last month that an electric SUV is already in development. But since none of the CEO of McLaren’s different remarks was definitive, it cannot be proven. With this most recent improvement, though, we may anticipate a more usable EV from the British manufacturer, which might either be a sedan or an SUV. But no specific timetable has been established as of yet.
Speaking of EVs, the Artura marked the beginning of McLaren’s electrification adventure (pictured above). The 671 horsepower (500 kilowatts), and 530 pound-feet (719 Newton-meters), the hybrid electric engine for the supercar was created in collaboration with BMW.
