an in-house modular chassis platform that would underpin its future electric vehicles. The Elise's discontinuation was also linked to Lotus' decision to upgrade its paint shop to an automated one ...

Back in the Nineties, shortly after Lotus introduced the original Elise, the company made it known ... from Lotus Engineering even shows the Evora chassis carrying an electric powertrain.

The erstwhile Lotus Elise, conceived in 1994 and the first model, rolled off the production line in 1996. It featured a bonded extruded aluminum chassis and a fiberglass body, and it weighed just ...

Tough Times for Tesla Amid Political Backlash To find a more difficult time to be a Tesla (TSLA) investor, one would have to go all the way back to 2008, before Tesla was even a public company. At ...

By this stage in the Elise’s evolution, Lotus had completed the transition ... It has a suppleness to its chassis that marks it out as something special, at least if you appreciate a car that ...

The Lotus Elise is one of those few ... Its pioneering and advanced bonded aluminium chassis was a market-leading technological innovation at the time and over the years has improved and evolved ...

Prior to the Venom F5, its most notable achievement was the limited-run Venom GT, a highly modified Lotus Elise chassis that set multiple speed records. Hypercars used to be the domain of brands ...

EV startup Longbow has revealed a lightweight electric sports car, available in both Speedster and Roadster body styles.

But I still thoroughly enjoyed driving the supercharged Elise because fundamentally it has the same aluminium chassis, same brilliant suspension, same wonderful Lotus qualities that make them all ...

To the uninitiated, the Lotus Exige S1 looks like an early Elise with a hardtop and a set of spoilers, and some Elise owners ...

The extruded aluminum chassis is derived from that of the Lotus Elise, a British sports car, and while the Tesla looks similar to the Elise, its carbon-fiber body panels are unique. An electric ...

Taking inspiration from iconic British sports cars like the Jaguar E-Type and Lotus Elise, these two-seaters are targeted for launch in 2026. Longbow said each will weigh less than 2,200 pounds, ...