UK testing facilities
Lotus Hethel test track and engineering site
Lotus Cars Limited
Lotus Cars, Potash Lane, Hethel, Norfolk, NR14 8EZ, England, United Kingdom
Access: Conditional
Testing capabilities
- Electrical, power and batteries
- Functional and integrated-system testing
Services
Lotus current operator pages identify a Hethel race/test track and engineering functions. Lotus Engineering current capability sheets identify development, durability and validation testing, electric drivetrain test-beds, battery simulators, dynanometers, vehicle workshops and vehicle dynamics testing at the Hethel engineering address.
Equipment
2.2-mile Hethel test track; Lotus Engineering capability sheets publish battery simulators up to 800 V/600 A, 80–400 kW motoring and absorption dynanometers, 60 kW chassis dynanometers and an electric vehicle/hydrogen fuel-cell workshop. These figures describe published capability sheets; no broader track instrumentation limits were published.
Contact
Email: eng-uk@lotuscars.com; Phone: +44 1953608423
Approximate location
NR14 8EZ · Postcode area location