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REPORT: Dodge Circuit DOA? Not according to Chrysler
Dodge Circuit EV concept - Click above for a high-res gallery In a report primarily focused on future product plans for British sports car maker Lotus, AutoCar happens to mention at the end the Dodge Circuit program has been killed as a result of the current financial crisis. The Circuit is the electric sports car first unveiled by Chrysler last fall and is based on the Lotus Europa. Last November at the LA Auto Show, Lotus Engineering director, Roger Becker acknowledged that the British company was negotiating with Chrysler to build the ... Read more →
Lotus Exige 270E Tri-Fuel to enter production? Jeremy Korzeniewski
Lotus Exige 270E Tri-Fuel - Click above for a high-res image gallery Could the Lotus Exige 270E Tri-Fuel enter production? According to a post on Lotus Enthusiast, that's an entirely real ...
Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids Jeremy Korzeniewski
It's been a little while since we've heard about the supposed dangers of electric and hybrid vehicles that shut down their engines and therefore stop producing the sound of fuel being ignited and ...
Lotus announces new, cleaner and more efficient Elise and Exige Jeremy Korzeniewski
2010 Lotus Exige S - Click above for a high-res gallery Earlier this year at the Geneva Motor Show, Lotus released the newest version of the lightweight Exige S. At the time, the UK-based ...
Geneva 2009: Lotus touts efficiency of new 2010 Exige S Jeremy Korzeniewski
Click above for a high-res gallery of the 2010 Lotus Exige S "The same technology that makes a lightweight car a high performer also makes it efficient – how many cars have performance ...
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Geneva Preview: Lotus to unveil Omnivore concept engine 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Next week at the Geneva Motor Show, Lotus Engineering will unveil its Omnivore concept engine. As the name implies, the Omnivore is designed to consume whatever is fed to it. The Omnivore is a flex fuel engine that is designed to extract the maximum amount of work regardless of what type of fuel is ...
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Lotus praises UK government's new boost for green technology 5 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Lotus Engineering has been working on a wide variety of alternative drive technologies over the past decade, helping many client automakers develop electric and hybrid vehicles as well as more efficient internal combustion engines. This week, the UK government offered up £2.3 billion in loan ...
Detroit 2009: Crosshairs on a Europa make a Dodge Circuit EV 5 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click the Dodge Circuit EV for a high-res gallery As suspected from some recent spy photos Chrysler's ENVI group has continued to work on the car that first appeared last fall as the DodgeEV. The car that was nothing more than a Lotus Europa with an electric powertrain and Dodge badges now at ...
Lotus possibly delays new Esprit to 2011, may add hybrid drive 5 months ago on AutoblogGreen
The original Lotus Esprit was one of the most iconic sports car shapes ever penned and remained in production through various refreshes for 28 years. An all-new Esprit has been anticipated by Lotus fans for some time and most recently was expected to debut in 2010. The latest plan for the Esprit ...
Bond would kill for this Lotus-developed biofueled Antarctic speeder 5 months ago on AutoblogGreen
For the engineering crew at Lotus, building transportation devices that are not sports cars is nothing new. Back in the early 90s they put their knowledge of lightweight materials and aerodynamics together to create a race bicycle that tore up the velodrome at the Olympics, not to mention wild soap ...
Tesla CEO comments on Lotus EV report 6 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for high-res image gallery of Jason's Tesla Roadster Following the report on Friday that Lotus was planning to introduce an electric car of its own, we contacted Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk for a comment. Tesla and Lotus collaborated on development of the Roadster and Lotus builds the ...
Lotus set to challenge Tesla and Fisker with extended range EV 6 months ago on AutoblogGreen
After the engineering side of Lotus has spent over a decade working on electric vehicle technology, the production side finally looks ready to take advantage of it. Lotus CEO Michael Kimberley recently told the Financial Times, "Don't be surprised to see an electric Lotus shortly," which could ...
VIDEO: Dale Vince explains hydrogen conspiracy, baits Tesla in latest wind-car update 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
The latest episode in the "wind-car" building saga is ready for viewing and Dale Vince, the man behind both this project and Ecotricity, has some interesting things to say. Although the discussion is mainly centered around the car and their attempts to make the Exige bodywork look a little more ...
Detroit Electric to launch Tesla-beater in June? 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Ever since that Malaysian press melée in September there haven't been any perceptible noises emanating from the resurrected Detroit Electric. Perhaps former Lotus CEO Albert Lam and friends have their noses to the grindstone getting product ready their announced end-of-2009 production run. ...
Lotus Engineering director talks about Dodge EV 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
click the Dodge EV for a high-res gallery from the show While strolling around one of the smaller exhibit halls at the Los Angeles Auto Show I ran into an old acquaintance I hadn't seen in about 15 years. I met Roger Becker early in my engineering career when I was working on the ABS system for ...
VIDEO: Zero Carbonista wind car update 7 months ago on AutoblogGreen
We have been following the efforts of Dale Vince, founder of Ecotricity, and his attempt to build an electric sports car which he can power from the wind. Like several other efforts, a Lotus (in this case, an Exige) is being used as the underlying platform. Also like others, his project is taking a ...
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Lotus wins award for HOTFIRE engine that cuts CO2 by 15% 8 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Another of Lotus Engineering's research projects into more efficient motoring has been recognized. This time around, Project HOTFIRE received an accolade from The Engineer Technology + Innovation Awards 2008. HOTFIRE was a joint effort with Continental, University College London (UCL) and ...
Lotus garners award for new aluminum chassis of Evora 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Lotus is increasingly building on its 60 year history of creating more with less with all its recent efforts on electric and hybrid drive cars. Besides the powertrain work, Lotus has plenty of experience with lightweight structures. The latest evolution of that is the architecture of the new Evora ...
Lotus and Oaktec developing Honda Civic hybrid for rally/circuit duty 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Oaktec has been campaigning a heavily-modified Honda Insight in a series of rallies over the past few years, taking five Class-A victories in the UK Formula 1000 rally and bringing home the Class-A championship in 2006. In 2007, Oaktec built a Honda Civic hybrid to compete in both rally and circuit ...
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Lotus to create OMINVORE research engine for next gen biofuels 10 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Lotus Engineering has just announced the next step in its efforts to develop greener automotive technology. The British engineering consultancy will be creating a new research engine that will be aimed at helping to optimize engine designs for new generation bio-alcohol fuels. The OMNIVORE (as in ...
Lotus announces Safe and Sound hybrid demonstrator 11 months ago on AutoblogGreen
click to enlarge For the past two decades, Lotus has been working on active noise cancellation technology to make cars quieter. While that may have been a good thing on internal combustion cars, the spread of hybrid and electric cars has made advocates for the blind concerned. Electrically driven ...
Detroit Electric to aid Proton get powered by electrons 11 months ago on AutoblogGreen
The Malaysian government has given the green light to national car maker Proton to begin "in-depth validation and testing" of electric cars. The announcement came after the Cabinet Committee on Inflation received a briefing on the role e-cars can have in reducing the consumption of petrol and ...
Hybrid Lotus on the way? 11 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for high-res gallery of the Lotus Evora Lotus reportedly has something interesting up its corporate sleeves for an upcoming sports car project. Although nothing official has been announced, some media outlets are predicting that Lotus will offer a hybrid drivetrain on its next vehicle. ...
Lotus Evora first car built on Versatile Vehicle Architecture from APX 11 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for high-res gallery of the Lotus Evora Way back in Febuary of 2006, Lotus seemingly looked past its sports car roots by introducing the "Aluminium Performance Crossover ", or APX concept, which was powered by a supercharged 3.0L DOHC V6. Although the crossover had room for seven ...
Lotus continues down the green path with the Eco Elise 11 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Updated with new gallery While it could be argued that Lotus already builds the greenest sportscars on the planet, the British automaker seems keenly aware that the world's gas-burning ways are quickly being swept under the carpet. What started with the dual-fuel capable Lotus Exige 265E - which got ...
VIDEO: Dutch firms begin flood of electric cars with converted Lotus Elises 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
A consortium of Dutch companies under the banner of Electric Cars Europe have decided a little collaboration is in order to help speed up the implementation of electric cars in the Netherlands. With a vision of seeing 26 per cent of Dutch cars powered by electrons by 2025, the consortium's plan has ...
Lotus throws its weight behind methanol 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for hi-res gallery of the Lotus Exige 270E Tri-Fuel British sportscar-maker and engineering firm Lotus may be known for its lightweight vehicles, but in the industry it still packs a punch as a heavyweight. It's that weight which Lotus is throwing behind methanol as the most viable ...
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Lotus picks up two more green car projects 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Lotus Engineering is continuing to move aggressively into the realm of greener transportation. This week two different consortia of which Lotus is a part were awarded development contracts by the UK Government Technology Strategy Board. The first of the two projects is the Zero Emission London Taxi ...
Lotus plans to recycle its unused leather 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Usually, when Lotus appears on the pages of AutoblogGreen, the story has to do with the engineering work that the storied British company does, either for itself or for other automakers -- including one of our personal faves, Tesla Motors. In fact, Lotus' battle cry since its inception has been to ...
See what you missed from the Eden Project's Sexy Green Car Show 2008 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
As fun as it would be, we can't be at every green car show on the planet. One of the current events we're sad to be missing is the Eden Project's Sexy Green Car Show in the UK. Thankfully, there are plenty of photos and videos streaming our way to make us feel like we're part of the action. Over ...
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Lotus creates lightweight structures division 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
The philosophy of Lotus founder Colin Chapman was always to make his cars as light as possible. He is reported to have said at various times "to add speed, add lightness" and "simplicate, than add lightness." Over the years, Lotus cars have often been among the lightest of their kind and innovations ...
VIDEO: Wind-powered Lotus Exige in the works? 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Ecotricity founder Dale Vince is a guy with a dilemma we here at AutoblogGreen can empathize with. He's very environmentally aware yet he really likes fast cars. His solution? Build an electric sports car. Luckily, he's got wads of cash (and previous connections with Lotus) to make this sort of ...
Lotus Exige 270E Tri-Fuel to be shown at Eden Sexy Green Car Show 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click the Exige for a high-res gallery The World's Sexiest Greenest Car Show is back; bigger, better and sexier than ever... so says the home page of The Co-Operated Insurance Sexy Green Car Show. Like last year, the Sexy Green Car Show promises to show off some of the best green car concepts to a ...
Electric Super Seven from Evisol Thorr offers high power and light weight 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for a gallery of the Evisol Thorr. If a company set out to develop an electric sportscar, the Lotus 7 (or one of its various replicas) would be a good place to start. Considering that the main ethos of the vehicle is light weight, relatively heavy components like the battery aren't ...
Geneva '08: Lotus Exige 270E Tri-Fuel runs on gas, ethanol and methanol 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click the Exige for a high-res gallery var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Gas_E85_or_Methanol_Lotus_Exige_270E_tri_fuel_sports_car'; Back in mid-2006, Lotus unveiled a flex-fuel E85-capable Exige 265E that was being used as a technology demonstrator. Lotus has used the 265E to learn about ...
Lotus and Continental release results of low CO2 collaboration 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Last spring Lotus and Siemens VDO announced a plan to collaborate on integrating a variety of technologies from the two companies with the goal of producing a high performance powertrain with reduced CO2 emissions. Since then, Siemens VDO has been subsumed into Continental and the companies have ...
