Also unveiled in Paris, the City Car Concept offers just what you'd expect: small size, a clean plug-in hybrid drivetrain, and a short EV range suited to minimizing costs and maximizing urban benefit. Lotus plans to build about 1,500-1,800 of the cars each year according to CAR. The generic City Car name will be dropped in favor of "Ethos" in production form.
Pricing is expected to start around £30,000 in the U.K., which would translate to about $48,000 U.S., if that's how pricing worked. If the Ethos does come to the U.S., expect it to come at a discount in comparison.
Lotus CEO Dany Bahar also told CAR that the Ethos could be sold as either a battery-electric or a hybrid, meaning there may be changes before sales start in 2014, or Lotus may offer two versions of the car.
This post originally appeared at MotorAuthority.com.
