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Here’s how Lotus is going to build lightweight electric sports cars

Lotus Cars is developing a lightweight electric vehicle architecture for sports cars. It uses a die-cast rear subframe that packages the drive unit. For two-seaters, the battery pack goes behind the passenger compartment. [credit: Lotus Cars ] Of all the automakers that are undergoing the transformation from internal combustion to electric propulsion, few have my […]

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A freshly flush Lotus Cars readies four new vehicle architectures

The Lotus Emira will be unveiled in early July, and it’s going to be the last new Lotus with an internal combustion engine. [credit: Lotus ] Car enthusiasts have been wondering for a while now what’s next for Lotus Cars. The British carmaker is best-known for lightweight sports cars, but it’s probably nearly as well-known […]