I-Lotus ibambisana noWilliams ukuze bakhe i-Omega electric hypercar
Lezi zinhlobo ezimbili zizokwabelana ngolwazi lwazo lokusebenza kuphrojekthi ongakaqanjwanga okulindeleke ukuthi kube i-hypercar entsha ka-Omega.
I-Lotus kanye no-Williams Advanced Engineering bahlanganyele emisebenzini yobuchwepheshe benjini ethuthukisiwe futhi umsebenzi wabo kulindeleke ukuthi uholele ku-hypercar entsha kagesi, ebizwa ngokuthi i-Omega.
Lezi zinkampani ezimbili kuze kube manje azikakhulumi ngemininingwane yephrojekthi, ngaphandle kokuthi ubambiswano luzohlanganisa ubuchwepheshe beLotus ekwenzeni izimoto ezilula kanye namakhono athuthukisiwe enjini kanye nebhethri ye-Williams Advanced Engineering atholwe emsebenzini wawo ngochungechunge lwemijaho ye-Formula E. .
“Ukubambisana kwethu okusha nobuchwepheshe be-Williams Advanced Engineering kuyingxenye yesu lokukhulisa ulwazi namakhono ethu endaweni eshintsha ngokushesha yezimoto,” kusho isikhulu seLotus Cars uPhil Popham. “Ukusetshenziswa kwama-powertrains athuthukile kunganikeza izixazululo eziningi ezithokozisayo emikhakheni eyahlukene yezimoto. Okuhlangenwe nakho kwethu okuhlangene nokuhambisanayo kwenza lokhu kube inhlanganisela ephoqayo yethalente lobunjiniyela, ikhono lobuchwepheshe kanye nomoya waseBrithani wokuphayona.”
I-Lotus patriotism eceleni, ukubambisana kulindeleke ukuthi kukhokhe izabelo ngaphandle kwe-UK, nemibiko yamazwe ngamazwe eqinisekisa ukuthi umkhiqizo usebenza nge-hypercar entsha kagesi, ebizwa ngokuthi i-Omega, okulindeleke ukuthi yethulwe phakathi neminyaka emibili ezayo.
Umsebenzi ku-Omega, okulindeleke ukuthi ubize ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-3.5 zamaRandi, uqale ngenyanga edlule, okwenza isikhathi sibe lula ngokusolisayo kulobu budlelwano.
ILotus ingamaphesenti angu-51 enkampanini yezimoto zaseChina, iGeely, ephinde ibe ngabanikazi beVolvo, kanti usihlalo wenkampani uLi Shufu kubikwa ukuthi usebenzela ubhazabhaza wezinhlelo zokuvuselela izimoto ezingu-$1.9 billion ($2.57 billion) ezizokhuphula uhlobo lwezimoto zezemidlalo zifinyelele ezingeni lemoto esebenza kahle. iligi enkulu.
I-Bloomberg ibike ngonyaka odlule ukuthi lolu hlelo luhlanganisa ukungeza abasebenzi nezinsiza e-UK, kanye nokwandisa isabelo sikaGeely ku-Lotus. Futhi inkampani yaseShayina isesimweni esihle kule ndawo, njengoba itshale imali eningi kwaVolvo ukuze ibuyisele uhlobo oluntengantengayo lwase-Swedish empumelelweni ye-showroom.