Lotus Will Return To Combustion Engines For Its Cars
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A few years ago, Lotus announced it would end production of gas-powered vehicles to become a pure EV company. Since then, the world has solved climate change, found a way to produce clean gas from air and ended all geopolitical crises threatening access to global fuel supplies. Consequently, Lotus has announced its long-telegraphed plan to resume building cars with internal combustion engines. The Geely-owned outfit has today unveiled Focus 2030, its plan to use ICE, hybrid and electric powertrains across its range.
Hybrids will likely take most of the focus, and Lotus is proud of the Hybrid-X technology found in the China version of the Eletre, the Eletre X. (Given the company's love of faux-Latin names beginning with E, Eletreis the glorious SUV you can throw around a track like a sports car.) Hybrid-X will also be a key pillar of the new Type 135,...
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