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Guessing this is one of the Komo-Tec cars

Could be that I chose those quotes because they’re about what is relevant in a Lotus to me and not because I wanted to rattled other forum users. Could also be that I said “surprise surprise” because of exactly what you mentioned. Ridiculous

Wowzers

Guess the ball is on Lotus’ side £80,000 target price so considerably cheaper (and lighter I’d wage) than Type 135 https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-britishcars/all-electric-caterham-project-v-revealed/47424

https://www.evo.co.uk/caterham/205944/new-caterham-project-v-unveiled-lightweight-ev-sports-car-to-reach-showrooms-by?amp

Link to the timetable https://www.goodwood.com/motorsport/festival-of-speed/programme/

Was going to wait to have this month's evo delivered but decided to skim through the autocar review, and... surprise surprise "most importantly, the hardware and software is developed in a new engineering centre in Raunheim (...) And that German origin shows almost as soon as you begin turning a wheel. The Eletre doesn’t feel like an old Lotus at all." "if you come expecting family DNA, by which I mean overtly communicative steering, tremendous agility and poise and yet a mysteriously pliant ride, you won’t find it." "The Eletre feels like an EV first and a Lotus not at all."

Another boring race saved in part by a SC. WEC Monza 6h much more entertaining

Link to the live stream:

Have posted this in a different thread but thought it could do with having its own. Much enjoyed being there for Emira Dynamic Debut, Lotus Moment and the massive Lotus stand in 2021 so looking forward to this one as well. Will be posting some content on here on Thursday https://media.lotuscars.com/en/news-articles/lotus-at-goodwood-festival-of-speed-2023-eletre,-emira-and-evija-on-show-and-in-action.html LOTUS AT GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED 2023: ELETRE, EMIRA AND EVIJA ON SHOW AND IN ACTION Biggest-ever stand hosts full Lotus road car range – Eletre, Emira and Evija Debut of the Emira with new 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine A hub of activity on all four days, including live Q&A with Jenson Button, The Smoking Tire podcast recording and expert presentations of the Lotus Eletre’s driver-focused tech Daily ‘Lotus Moment’ – unique parade of Lotus cars past and present is fitting tribute to brand’s 75th anniversary Hethel, UK – 7 July 2023 Lotus lands at next week’s Goodwood Festival of Speed with its biggest-ever stand at the event, and a huge range of activities that will appeal to the tens of thousands of performance car fans attending. Alternatively follow the action on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Twitter, Pinterest and LinkedIn. For 2023 the Lotus stand is in a new position, closer to the start of the iconic Hill Climb. It’s the perfect spot to witness the ‘Lotus Moment’, a unique parade of Lotus cars past and present, taking place every day and a fitting tribute to celebrate the brand’s 75th anniversary year. Check daily schedules for exact timings. Taking centre stage for Lotus is the Eletre, making its dynamic debut at the Festival. With customer deliveries starting soon in the UK and across Europe, Goodwood is the perfect time to discover its unique design, advanced all-electric powertrain and intuitive driver-focused technology. The Eletre is aimed at a new generation of Lotus customers. A true Lotus, it blends the core DNA of the Emira and Evija, reinterpreting them as a practical, versatile and spacious family-oriented hyper-SUV. Twice a day members of the Lotus Customer Experience team will be demonstrating its capabilities on the Lotus stand, including the active aerodynamics and immersive 23-speaker audio system created in partnership with British brand KEF and sound processing pioneer Dolby. Goodwood Festival of Speed also marks the eagerly anticipated expansion of the Emira range, with the public debut of the 2.0-litre four-cylinder version. Customer deliveries of the Emira four-cylinder will start later this year For Lotus fans who love the live action thrills of Goodwood, all four current cars – Eletre, Emira, Emira V6 (Thursday only) and the pure electric hypercar, the Evija – will be taking part in Hill Climb activity throughout the Festival. Examples will also be on the Lotus stand, and an Eletre and Emira 2.0-litre will be in the First Glance Paddock. Mike Johnstone, Group Vice-President and Chief Commercial Officer, Lotus, commented: “In our 75th year we’ve got an amazing Goodwood Festival of Speed line-up. The current range is a fitting tribute to everything that’s come before, and this is such a great venue for enthusiasts to see our cars and learn about the transformation of Lotus from our knowledgeable product experts.” The Lotus stand will be a hub of activity all weekend. Plans include a live Q&A with F1 World Champion Jenson Button (Saturday), who will also be driving a Lotus Evija in the Hill Climb on Saturday, two live recordings of the hugely popular US-based motoring podcast The Smoking Tire (Friday and Saturday), and daily presentations of the Eletre’s audio system by experts from KEF. Quite like the choice of cover picture for the event on Goodwood’s Facebook page:

I'd recommend you read the question posed by the OP: "Is it wise to put all "our" faith in electric only cars which will require probably 25 million charging stations minimum from 11 thousand today. Shouldn't we also be looking at other alternatives hydrogen maybe or even liquid nitrogen :-"

I didn’t say anything that would suggest it being all rosey positive. I just posted some figures I looked up online which show EV uptake is on the up. I’m not one for online rambles when I can get the facts and figures from actual reports. Which does not mean what Kimbers explained here is not worth considering. Very curious as to why you “would not believe” the data I posted on here. Also, the thread’s title is “is electric really the answer”. I see no reason why it shouldn’t be. Hard to question that when there’s no car manufacturer not headed that way.

https://media.lotuscars.com/en/news-articles/lotus-at-goodwood-festival-of-speed-2023-eletre,-emira-and-evija-on-show-and-in-action.html

First of all, Tesla is the only EV only car manufacturer on the list. Do other manufacturers not sell EVs then? Not MINI with the Cooper S Electric, etc? Wouldn’t expect to see any other BEV model on the top 10 when BEV market share is less than 20%. There were also over 10,000 Tesla registered in March (top was VW with 20 odd thousand). Pretty impressive, I’d say. Shame they’re now mostly crossover/SUV type things. Don’t need “knowledge or experience of the industry” to read and interpret data I don’t think. Just so happen to be working at one of these car manufacturers and engineering EVs. I fail to see how used car prices are of relevance here. Could be because I don’t have to sell them myself, but not sure what the point is. As for new EV car prices going down, how is this not to be expected when more affordable options like the MG4 are coming to market and selling well? More and more manufacturers are launching new EVs and going EV only in the near future, Lotus included. Don’t like it, well… Those were UK sales figures

Some facts and figures. https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/industry-news/uk-2022-car-sales-analysis-winners-and-losers/ Full battery electric vehicles (BEVs) continue to rise in popularity across Britain, accounting for 16.6% of all new cars sold last year; they have now overtaken diesel to become the second most common powertrain. https://heycar.co.uk/blog/car-sales-statistics In 2022, there were 6,890,777 used car sales in the UK which was an 8.5% decrease from 2021 but there was record demand for used electric vehicles and hybrids. https://www.marklines.com/en/statistics/flash_sales/automotive-sales-in-uk-by-month The biggest selling car of June 2023 was the Tesla Model Y. 5,539 units. Compared to June 2022, EV sales increased 39.4 % to 31,700 units (17.9% market share), PHEV increased 65.5 % to 12,770 units (7.2 % share). 👍

Got the same email. Could very well be the case, I suppose. There’s the “Eletre Hyper Drive” going on in Oslo, Norway. Think it started beginning of last week. https://www.instagram.com/p/Ct9aHhlIsKC https://www.instagram.com/p/CuRjJINoXZ8

Should be plenty of Lotus at this as well https://www.oultonpark.co.uk/news/2023/jul/5/oulton-park-to-celebrate-jim-clark-at-the-2023-gold-cup

https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/first-official-pictures/aim/ev-sport-01/