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Lotus Will Return To Combustion Engines For Its Cars

Engadget·Daniel Cooper·21 days ago
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Lotus Cars 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, Eletre is 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, its new supercar expected to debut in 2028, of which we only have the above teaser image.…

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