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Lotus now offering the Evora chassis to other automakers

Back in the 90s, shortly after Lotus introduced the original Elise, the company made it known that platform was designed to be easily adapted to different applications including different powertrains. Any companies that were interested in a platform for a niche products using its own powertrains were welcome to use the Elise underpinnings. Over the years, it spawned several race and concept cars as well as the Opel GT, Vauxhall VX220 and, of course, the Tesla Roadster. Now that Lotus finally has its first all-new car in 14 years, the ... Read more →

Sneak peek of Jaguar's 'Limo Green' series hybrid concept Sam Abuelsamid

For the past year Jaguar, Lotus, Caparo Vehicle technologies and the MIRA proving ground have been working on a UK government funded project dubbed Limo-Green. The goal of the project was to develop ...

Lotus announces Elise Club Racer, 31 mpg sports car Sam Abuelsamid

One of the upsides of Colin Chapman's philosophy of "adding lightness" is that Lotus sports cars are typically very efficient relative to their performance levels. Such is the case with the ...

Frankfurt Preview: Lotus develops a range extender engine Sam Abuelsamid

The latest product of Lotus Engineering's ongoing development work on alternative drivetrains is a new engine custom designed for use as a range extender in electric drive vehicles. The engineers ...

Automotive Engineer commissions Lotus to design tiny city EV [w/VIDEO] Sam Abuelsamid

Developing cars quickly is nothing new to the designers and engineers at Lotus in England. They do contract development for automakers around the world all the time. With that in mind – and ...

REPORT: Dodge Circuit DOA? Not according to Chrysler 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

- In a report primarily focused on future product plans for British sports car maker Lotus, AutoCar happens to mention at the end the Dodge Circuit program has been killed as a result of the current financial crisis. The Circuit is the electric sports car first unveiled by Chrysler last fall ...

Lotus Exige 270E Tri-Fuel to enter production? 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Could the Lotus Exige 270E Tri-Fuel enter production? According to a post on Lotus Enthusiast, that's an entirely real possibility due to interest from Youngman Auto, which is the British automaker's Chinese partner. It seems that the Tri-Fuel was a bit hit at the recent Shanghai Motor Show, ...

Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

It's been a little while since we've heard about the supposed dangers of electric and hybrid vehicles that shut down their engines and therefore stop producing the sound of fuel being ignited and exhaled, but the issue is apparently alive and well. Lotus Engineering and Harmon International, two ...

Lotus announces new, cleaner and more efficient Elise and Exige 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

- Earlier this year at the Geneva Motor Show, Lotus released the newest version of the lightweight Exige S. At the time, the UK-based automaker highlighted the fact that the new model was both faster and more fuel efficient than its predecessor. About a month and a half has passed since then, ...

Geneva 2009: Lotus touts efficiency of new 2010 Exige S 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

"The same technology that makes a lightweight car a high performer also makes it efficient – how many cars have performance figures of 0 - 100 km/h in 4.77 secs but produce only 199 g/km CO2?" That question was posed by Mike Kimberley, Chief Executive of Group Lotus plc, and he's got a ...

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