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Morphing bodywork among Lotus’ ideas for a future electric race car

This is the Lotus E-R9, an interpretation of what an electric endurance race car might look like in 2030. [credit: Lotus ] Regular readers will know that we’re pretty enthusiastic about the future of Lotus, the UK-based maker of lightweight sports cars. Beset by financial troubles for much of its existence, Lotus Group is now […]

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This electric touring car demo at Daytona is a sign of things to come

This is the Hyundai Veloster N ETCR, an electric racing car being developed for a new EV touring car category. [credit: LAT Images ] The annual 24-hour race at Daytona International Speedway in Florida got under way on Saturday afternoon. And this year’s race has been a pretty good one so far—although there are still […]