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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 ...

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 announces new, cleaner and more efficient Elise and Exige 6 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

VIDEO: Zero Carbonista wind car update 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

We have been following the efforts of Dale Vince, founder of Ecotricity, and his attempt to build an electric sports car which he can power from the wind. Like several other efforts, a Lotus (in this case, an Exige) is being used as the underlying platform. Also like others, his project is taking a ...

Lotus wins award for HOTFIRE engine that cuts CO2 by 15% 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Another of Lotus Engineering's research projects into more efficient motoring has been recognized. This time around, Project HOTFIRE received an accolade from The Engineer Technology + Innovation Awards 2008. HOTFIRE was a joint effort with Continental, University College London (UCL) and ...

Lotus and Oaktec developing Honda Civic hybrid for rally/circuit duty 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Oaktec has been campaigning a heavily-modified Honda Insight in a series of rallies over the past few years, taking five Class-A victories in the UK Formula 1000 rally and bringing home the Class-A championship in 2006. In 2007, Oaktec built a Honda Civic hybrid to compete in both rally and circuit ...

Hybrid Lotus on the way? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for high-res gallery of the Lotus Evora Lotus reportedly has something interesting up its corporate sleeves for an upcoming sports car project. Although nothing official has been announced, some media outlets are predicting that Lotus will offer a hybrid drivetrain on its next vehicle. ...

Lotus Evora first car built on Versatile Vehicle Architecture from APX 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for high-res gallery of the Lotus Evora Way back in Febuary of 2006, Lotus seemingly looked past its sports car roots by introducing the "Aluminium Performance Crossover ", or APX concept, which was powered by a supercharged 3.0L DOHC V6. Although the crossover had room for seven ...

Future Tesla owner blogs about visiting the Lotus factory 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Over at the Tesla Motors blog, future Roadster owner Ken Jacobs has written a guest post about his recent visit to England. While he and his wife were in the UK, they hopped over to Hethel, the home of Lotus and primary assembly site of the Roadster. They were given a tour of the factory and the ...

Lotus continues down the green path with the Eco Elise 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Updated with new gallery While it could be argued that Lotus already builds the greenest sportscars on the planet, the British automaker seems keenly aware that the world's gas-burning ways are quickly being swept under the carpet. What started with the dual-fuel capable Lotus Exige 265E - which got ...

VIDEO: Dutch firms begin flood of electric cars with converted Lotus Elises 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A consortium of Dutch companies under the banner of Electric Cars Europe have decided a little collaboration is in order to help speed up the implementation of electric cars in the Netherlands. With a vision of seeing 26 per cent of Dutch cars powered by electrons by 2025, the consortium's plan has ...

Lotus throws its weight behind methanol 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for hi-res gallery of the Lotus Exige 270E Tri-Fuel British sportscar-maker and engineering firm Lotus may be known for its lightweight vehicles, but in the industry it still packs a punch as a heavyweight. It's that weight which Lotus is throwing behind methanol as the most viable ...

Lotus picks up two more green car projects 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Lotus Engineering is continuing to move aggressively into the realm of greener transportation. This week two different consortia of which Lotus is a part were awarded development contracts by the UK Government Technology Strategy Board. The first of the two projects is the Zero Emission London Taxi ...

Lotus plans to recycle its unused leather 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Usually, when Lotus appears on the pages of AutoblogGreen, the story has to do with the engineering work that the storied British company does, either for itself or for other automakers -- including one of our personal faves, Tesla Motors. In fact, Lotus' battle cry since its inception has been to ...

Lotus creates lightweight structures division 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The philosophy of Lotus founder Colin Chapman was always to make his cars as light as possible. He is reported to have said at various times "to add speed, add lightness" and "simplicate, than add lightness." Over the years, Lotus cars have often been among the lightest of their kind and innovations ...

VIDEO: Wind-powered Lotus Exige in the works? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Ecotricity founder Dale Vince is a guy with a dilemma we here at AutoblogGreen can empathize with. He's very environmentally aware yet he really likes fast cars. His solution? Build an electric sports car. Luckily, he's got wads of cash (and previous connections with Lotus) to make this sort of ...

Lotus Exige 270E Tri-Fuel to be shown at Eden Sexy Green Car Show 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click the Exige for a high-res gallery The World's Sexiest Greenest Car Show is back; bigger, better and sexier than ever... so says the home page of The Co-Operated Insurance Sexy Green Car Show. Like last year, the Sexy Green Car Show promises to show off some of the best green car concepts to a ...

Lotus goes to Abu Dhabi on a eco-car business trip, finds Mubadala 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Not long ago we posted on Lotus' plans to develop business in Saudi Arabia. Lotus Engineering and Mubadala Development Company have now announced a similar agreement in Abu Dhabi, the capitol of the United Arab Emirates. As in the case of Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi is wondering what to do when they ...

Zap working with a Chinese company on in-wheel electric motors 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Recently, I wrote a post that talked about Volvo's statement that they were working exclusively with PML (a company that makes in-wheel electric motors). I found this concerning because I thought PML was working with Zap on the Zap-X, a Lotus-designed, affordable, normal-looking electric car. I ...

Video: Lotus, Ferrari, Tesla are using lightweight aluminum in their cars 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As you can see in the video above, aluminum is the latest thing in sport car body frames. Ferrari is working with Alcoa on the aluminum "space frame" which weighs just 440 pounds, one third the weight of a steel frame. The way the frame is put together is also very important. Tesla worked with ...

Zap-X, a normal electric car, "months" away? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The product of the Zap-Lotus agreement, the Zap-X, a normal looking, electric, four door sedan, just might be "months" away from mass production. China.org.cn is reporting China's Youngman Automotive Group, the guys making the car for Zap, said they could deliver a test car to Zap by the end of ...

Mercedes looking to Lotus for hybrid know-how? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We've run across a few reports now that Mercedes may have sought out help from a seemingly unlikely source for technical expertise in the design of their new hybrid system, slated first for their flagship S Class sedan. The source is Lotus, who does not currently offer any hybrid vehicles. Lotus ...

Playing Devil's Advocate - Part 1 - Tesla Motors 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Here at AutoblogGreen, we like to give certain companies the benefit of the doubt; companies who aspire to go green in the automotive sector. This is a big reason why we love Tesla Motors and what they are attempting. They are taking on the establishment, and doing so with a beautiful roadster at ...

ZAP releases details and drawings of their impending 644 horsepower ZAP-X electric SUV 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Zap_releases_details_and_sketches_of_their_644hp_ZAP_X_electric_CUV'; Will Tesla soon have competition in the electric supercar market from Zap? They just might, if you believe the almost unbelievable statistics Zap! is claiming in their press release (a ...

Is Lotus for sale? Will Spyker purchase them? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

News has been flying around here regarding Lotus designing and collaborating with other companies like Tesla and ZAP for the last few months. Lotus is known for their ability to do research and development work for other companies, and then assist them with the manufacturing of major components. ...

Editorial: Tesla = GM, Toyota? Tesla > Phoenix Motorcars? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

As my fellow blogger Sam pointed out recently, Darryl Siry, Vice President of Marketing for Tesla Motors, recently wrote on their site's blog that "The Media Need to Toughen Up on the Subject of EVs". This is true on many levels, and it could be argued that the media needs to toughen up when it ...

Geneva Motor Show: Lotus Engineering showcase efficient component designs 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for a gallery of high-res images of the EVE Hybrid technology demonstrator. Lotus Engineering have launched a production-ready, highly advanced cylinder head with integrated exhaust manifold (IEM) which is designed to reduce manufacturing costs, emissions and weight on most ...

Fifth Gear become "alcoholics" running "Crop Circles" in E85 Lotus Exige 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Lotus Exige is already one of the coolest high-performance cars around. One could argue that, at least as far as supercars go, this one is pretty green. The whole idea behind the Lotus Exige, and the Elise, is that very high performance can be achieved with smaller engines if the weight is ...

KTM using carbon fibre to make their X-BOW roadster faster 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for a gallery of high-res images of the KTM X-BOW. digg_url = 'http://digg.com/hardware/Carbon_fiber_X_BOW_roadster_coulda_been_in_Transformers_movie'; Austrian motorcycle manufacturer KTM has spent over 50 years building fast, austere motorcycles aimed at performance purists. ...


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