Lotus

British sports car specialist Lotus has unveiled a render of its E-R9 concept; the result an in-house design study imagining an all-electric race car for the 2030 season. The Lotus E-R9 features a fighter jet-style canopy, situated on a single-piece carbon-fibre wing. Strong aesthetic inspiration appears to have been drawn from the Red Bull X2010, which was developed as the “ultimate speed machine” for the 2010 PlayStation 3 video games Gran Turismo 5.

French and British sports car specialists Alpine and Lotus have announced plans to explore a range of potential collaboration opportunities and joint projects between the two brands – one of which could be an all-electric sports car.

The 2022 Lotus Lambda will be built at parent-company Geely’s new $1.31-billion factory in Wuhan, China, according to the latest report from Autocar.com. This latest story is accompanied by a pair of speculative renderings produced by our friend Theophilus Chin for Malaysian news website PaulTan.org.

British sports car brand Lotus has terminated its Evija hypercar development partnership with Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE), CarAdvice can confirm. The two British firms with rich motorsport heritage had been collaborating on what is claimed to be the world most powerful production car. A spokesperson for the Geely-owned manufacturer told CarAdvice: "As the Evija programme enters its latter stages, Lotus has elected to bring the project in house due to delivery problems from WAE."

British sports car maker Lotus will introduce one more petrol-powered model in 2022 before transitioning its entire stable to full-electric powertrains, according to a report out of the UK. The yet-unnamed sports car would occupy a more premium segment than usual for Lotus, surpassing the brand’s regular £45,000-£85,000 (AU$82,500-$156,000) price bracket, according to UK publication AutoExpress.