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Mike Johnstone leaving after only a year at Lotus. https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/business-corporate/lotus-commercial-chief-leaves-after-year

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/business-manufacturing/lotus-reviews-future-sports-car-design-studio-hethel Oh dear.... start of the inevitable decline of Hethel? Discuss.

Full article behind a paywall but gives some info. By my calc approx 4,400 Electres and 2,600 Emiras. https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/business-finance/lotus-posts-£594m-loss-2023-ahead-ev-sales-growth and https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-britishcars/lotus-breaks-sales-record-posts-594m-loss/48391 and the investor Relations release with full breakdown of car sales https://ir.group-lotus.com/news-releases/news-release-details/lotus-technology-reports-unaudited-fourth-quarter-and-full-year

Well now the map has gone. The replacement page doesn't currently seem to be working very well (a "work in progress" ?). Oakmere are back on as a Showroom and a Service Centre, with the Northwich address. https://www.lotuscars.com/en-GB/lotus-centres/search

I was just going by this report... https://www.topgear.com/car-news/suvs/youll-still-be-seeing-volvo-estates-and-saloons-police-cars-uk

..... well you can't buy a Volvo estate in the UK anymore (unless you are the Police). SUVs only.

The Fisker Ocean does have solar panels. Some details in this video @ 3:25 Doesn't really seem worth it (in this country).

I also noticed this. Might be a "mistake" since you can still book an Emira test drive through Lotus Prestbury. Suspect that the main map might be on "Electre filter" setting.

Not sure that the FB post can be accurate. There are still people waiting for V6 FE cars and currently you can still order one. As mentioned might just be they are making a batch of i4s.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/lotus-tech-secures-870-mln-ahead-deal-completion-with-l-catterton-spac-2023-11-28/

exeterjeep pointed me to this link which includes the Lotus numbers https://www.am-online.com/data/manufacturer-insight

Yes it is now locked. Sorry, it was openly available when I posted the link.

Lotus spac update https://www.ft.com/content/d4614bb0-08fc-4e78-8f35-b3cc9c8b3056

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/used-ev-values-could-collapse-due-fleet-dumping

Lotus Cars pulled their launch video off YouTube. Couldn't take the competition?😀