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Geneva Preview: Lotus to unveil Omnivore concept engine 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Next week at the Geneva Motor Show, Lotus Engineering will unveil its Omnivore concept engine. As the name implies, the Omnivore is designed to consume whatever is fed to it. The Omnivore is a flex fuel engine that is designed to extract the maximum amount of work regardless of what type of fuel is ...

Lotus praises UK government's new boost for green technology 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Lotus Engineering has been working on a wide variety of alternative drive technologies over the past decade, helping many client automakers develop electric and hybrid vehicles as well as more efficient internal combustion engines. This week, the UK government offered up £2.3 billion in loan ...

Detroit 2009: Crosshairs on a Europa make a Dodge Circuit EV 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

As suspected from some recent spy photos Chrysler's ENVI group has continued to work on the car that first appeared last fall as the DodgeEV. The car that was nothing more than a Lotus Europa with an electric powertrain and Dodge badges now at least looks kind of like it belongs in a Dodge ...

Lotus possibly delays new Esprit to 2011, may add hybrid drive 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

The original Lotus Esprit was one of the most iconic sports car shapes ever penned and remained in production through various refreshes for 28 years. An all-new Esprit has been anticipated by Lotus fans for some time and most recently was expected to debut in 2010. The latest plan for the Esprit ...

Bond would kill for this Lotus-developed biofueled Antarctic speeder 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

For the engineering crew at Lotus, building transportation devices that are not sports cars is nothing new. Back in the early 90s they put their knowledge of lightweight materials and aerodynamics together to create a race bicycle that tore up the velodrome at the Olympics, not to mention wild soap ...

Tesla CEO comments on Lotus EV report 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Following the report on Friday that Lotus was planning to introduce an electric car of its own, we contacted Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk for a comment. Tesla and Lotus collaborated on development of the Roadster and Lotus builds the rolling chassis at its Hethel factory. The FT story did not ...

Lotus set to challenge Tesla and Fisker with extended range EV 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

After the engineering side of Lotus has spent over a decade working on electric vehicle technology, the production side finally looks ready to take advantage of it. Lotus CEO Michael Kimberley recently told the Financial Times, "Don't be surprised to see an electric Lotus shortly," which could ...

VIDEO: Dale Vince explains hydrogen conspiracy, baits Tesla in latest wind-car update 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

The latest episode in the "wind-car" building saga is ready for viewing and Dale Vince, the man behind both this project and Ecotricity, has some interesting things to say. Although the discussion is mainly centered around the car and their attempts to make the Exige bodywork look a little more ...

Detroit Electric to launch Tesla-beater in June? 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Ever since that Malaysian press melée in September there haven't been any perceptible noises emanating from the resurrected Detroit Electric. Perhaps former Lotus CEO Albert Lam and friends have their noses to the grindstone getting product ready their announced end-of-2009 production run. ...

Lotus Engineering director talks about Dodge EV 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

While strolling around one of the smaller exhibit halls at the Los Angeles Auto Show I ran into an old acquaintance I hadn't seen in about 15 years. I met Roger Becker early in my engineering career when I was working on the ABS system for the ill-fated Lotus Elan. Roger is the director of ...

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