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The four new platforms include a sports car architecture, a hypercar architecture, a premium architecture and an electric sports car architecture. Let s take a look at them one by one. The sports car architecture is referred to internally as the Elemental architecture and this is what the Emira will be built upon. Lotussays it s flexible, lightweight, and made from aluminum. This sports car platform is a massive step-change technically. Every dimension is different to previous generations of Lotus sports cars. We hope it s not too different, as the Exige was one of the best handling cars ever produced. The hypercar architecture will underpin the monstrous Evija hypercar. This is internally known as the extreme platform. The Evija will go into production later this year, and Lotus notes that though there is a global pandemic, development has not stopped. Besides several thousand miles of real-world testing, the company is working with a simulator company, running thousand ....
last petrol-powered vehicle, with the iconic British sports-car specialist confirming all future models will be all-electric. Announced as part of its Driving Tomorrow strategy conference on Tuesday night, Lotus announced its future model portfolio would centre around four all-new platforms developed by the British brand, though with assistance from the wider Geely automotive group (including Volvo) in Germany, Sweden and China. Underpinning the combustion-engined Emira will be the extruded-aluminium Elemental platform, while the halo Evija hypercar will debut the Extreme architecture. The latter model will enter production later in 2021, Lotus has confirmed, with development claimed to be 80 per cent complete – the remaining 20 per cent comprising final ride, handling and sound tuning. ....
The company didn t release any specifics on the Type 131, saying only that it and other cars that follow will have an overriding criteria of being ‘For The Drivers. Back in April, we heard the car would be an entry-level vehicle meant for daily driving, taking design cues from the all-electric Evija hypercar. Thanks to a $137-million investment into Lotus s Hethel, U.K. facilities, the company plans to hire 250 new employees, adding to the 670 that have joined the company since it was acquired by parent company Geely in 2017. “This year will be hugely significant for Lotus with new facilities coming on stream, a new sports car entering production and new levels of efficiency and quality that only a new car design and factory can deliver, CEO Phil Popham said in a statement. Despite the continuing global challenges, Lotus has emerged from 2020 strong and on track in the delivery of our Vision80 business plan.” ....