Lotus will have to produce Geely holding models at the British factory

The new head of the European branch of the brand Matt Windle confirmed the Autocar magazine: production on the site in Hetel can be expanded. According to the top manager, the transition to the release of more mass models will give “a strong connection between production and commerce of sportsmen.” However, the first candidate is the low -trip electric class Polestar 6.

Matt Windle explained that the desire to increase production at the British plant is explained by a sharp increase in duties in the USA and “anti -Chinese” tariffs. Due to political restrictions and reducing demand for electric cars of the luxury class, the original Lotus business model crashed. Now the company is considering the possibility of returning to multi-brand production in the style of the 2000s, when Lotus, Vauxhall and Tesla Roadster were collected in Hetel.

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The release of a small -scale electric clan Polestar 6 at Lotus is considered a transitional moment, because now only gasoline sports carriers are produced on the site, and the transition to electrified models is inevitable. The expansion of the plant is inevitable, since the limit of assembly conveyors in the current configuration is ten thousand cars a year.

Although Donald Trump made a deal with Great Britain until Lotus resumed supplies to the United States. The top manager is waiting for the details: “We do not want to rush and ultimately find ourselves in a difficult situation, since so far there are only numbers in the headlines.” Only one thing said about future models on the British platform: it will be “hypergibrides” with a turbo engine and an increased stroke. The future Zeekr, Lynk & Co, and Geely Galaxy fall under the definition.

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