Lotus Engineering are planning to enter the green car market and have set up a research and development group with the purpose of working on hybrid and electric vehicles plus the continued work of reducing emissions of its conventional engines.

Recent work assisting in the development of Tesla’s all-electric Roadster will be fully utilised and Lotus Engineering plan to become a leader in green transport engineering within the next five years.

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