Lotus Cars Limited

As the automotive industry transitions away from the the internal combustion engine and towards electrified powertrains there is a significant demand for reskilling staff at all levels. This applies to businesses at the OEM level and down the supply chain in PEMD components and the HV Systems they work within, to create an electric vehicle powertrain. To ...

Project BattCon is an innovative and technical project to pilot a new battery and battery technology testing facility within the UK and provide Lotus with the understanding to invest in a range of containerised test facilities in line with electric vehicle and energy storage market growth. As automotive and other sectors develop new and novel battery tech...

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The Integrated Mechanical Flywheel KERS Low cost, Lightweight hybrid drive project is an Industrial Research initiative designed to accelerate the maturation of the race proven mechanical flywheel energy storage system from Flybrid for use in a Lotus Evora road car. The integration of the flywheel into the manual gearbox will deliver a CO2 reduction while...

The Revolutionary Electric Vehicle Battery (REVB) project aims to develop a revolutionary Lithium Sulfur (Li-S) vehicle battery and Battery Energy Management (BEM) system which will provide breakthrough improvements in energy density, cost, range and safety of electric vehicle batteries and put the UK in a world leading position to exploit this. The proje...

The aim of this project is for a consortium of industry leaders, Lotus Cars, Innoval, PAB Coventry, Impression Technology and Imperial College to develop an enabling technology for significant reduction in carbon emissions from automobiles and therefore help preserve a healthy world environment through pollution reduction. There are two major ways this ca...

The Provoque project is a Research & Development initiative designed to accelerate the introduction of cost effective fuel economy improvement, CO2 reduction and enhanced driving experience on a Range Rover Evoque. It will use grant funding to progress a wide range of technologies to the point where they can be considered for production, supporting growth...

DC/DC converters are essential in electric and hybrid electric vehicles. These electronic devices step-up or step-down the battery voltage to a voltage level that suits the electric motor, the cabin supply or other essential loads. Current DC/DC converters are still expensive and heavy. A consortium of six UK manufacturers (Lotus, Turbo Power System, Indu...

The Complete Electric Propulsion System (CEPS) project has brought together a consortium that is not only capable of developing the most market acceptable product of its kind, but also is capable of exploiting it on a global scale. The consortium is made up of Ashwoods Automotive, GKN Driveline, Lotus and Bath University. The project is to develop a compl...

REEVolution is an accelerated development and integration programme of new technologies, from concept through to validated components and systems intended to produce robust technology demonstrator vehicles. The aim has been to deliver high performance Range Extended Electric Vehicles (REEV) and Plug-in Hybrids Electric Vehicles (PHEV). Delivering 70-75% C...

In the last decade the drive for improved fuel economy has forced Internal Combustion Engine designers to develop new and more fuel efficient technologies. An increasingly common method of improving fuel economy is by reducing (downsizing) engine capacity coupled with high levels of air charge boosting to deliver good performance. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) ...

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