Lotus Unveils Theory 1 Concept car Featuring its Proprietary Driver System

Lotus has unveiled Theory 1, a concept car designed to embody the future of intelligent performance vehicles.  As part of this, Lotus is launching The Lotus Theory, the company’s new design manifesto that will form the foundation for all future Lotus cars.

The car features Lotus' own proprietary driver system called LOTUSWEAR, which is an immersive system that aims to deliver a personalised experience to every occupant in the car.

It includes an adaptive soft and lightweight robotic textile that enables the car to communicate with the driver and passengers and offer a more intuitive and comfortable in-car experience.

It aims to do this through inflatable pods on the seating and steering wheel that will react in real time to offer more support, grip, and subtle prompts via personalised haptic feedback. 

The driver system also offers a 360-degree autonomous driving sensor suite.

The fully embedded L4 hardware capability consists of four deployable LiDARs, six HD cameras, and a combination of long- and short-range millimeter radars, plus ultrasonic radars, delivering 360° (5x) perception coverage. 

The LOTUSWEAR technology line is built on the high-performance NVIDIA DRIVE compute platform.

Its real-time sensor processes at trillions of operations per second for greater safety and enhancing the vehicle’s capabilities.

Theory 1 reaffirms the company’s Vision80 commitment – a transformation into a global performance technology brand

Ben Payne, Vice President of Design, Lotus Group says: “With Theory 1, we’ve built on everything Lotus has achieved so far in its 76-year history, to push the boundaries for what it means to drive a performance vehicle. We want to demonstrate that you don’t need to compromise – with both digital and analogue capabilities working harmoniously in the future car. In doing this, we are able to bring drivers the best possible immersive driving experience with raw emotion, functionality and connectivity, at the core.” 

Lotus Group is made up of a high-performance sports car business, Lotus Cars, and an all-electric luxury mobility provider, Lotus Technology.