Inhlanhla yeLotus ishintshile selokhu yasuka eProton yaya eGeely . Ubufakazi balokhu ukuthi kufanele sinake kakhulu ukuhamba kwayo eminyakeni ezayo. Izimemezelo zokuqala zicacile: ukuhambisa umkhiqizo kusuka eHethel kuya eShayina nokutshala imali kumamodeli amasha. Ngenxa yalokhu, inkampani yabo entsha engumzali ibeke iphakethe lezezimali elibalulekile etafuleni. Kodwa-ke, besingazi ukuthi bazolisebenzisa kanjani.
Lokho bekulokhu kunjalo kuze kube manje, njengoba iLotus imemezele ukubambisana okukhulu nenye inkampani ehamba phambili kulo mkhakha. Inkampani ekhethiwe yiWilliams Advanced Engineering , futhi ukwesekwa kwayo kuzobaluleka kakhulu ekuthuthukisweni nasekucwaningweni kobuchwepheshe bokuqhutshwa okuthuthukisiwe. Lokhu kuzobavumela ukuthi babhekane nobunye bobuthakathaka babo: ukuntuleka kobuchwepheshe babo kanye nezinjini zamamodeli abo amanje nawesikhathi esizayo. Kodwa-ke, indlela lapha ihlukile.
Ubuchwepheshe bogesi obuzuzwe njengefa ku-Formula E
Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, sithole ukuthi iLotus kungenzeka ukuthi yakha imoto kagesi enkulu ngokubambisana neGeely . Le modeli ingaba ne-1.000 hp kanye nentengo engaba yi-€2 million. Kodwa-ke, kubonakala sengathi ngeke ithuthukiswe neGeely, kodwa izothuthukiswa neWilliams Advanced Engineering . Isizathu silula: ILotus idinga imodeli elula kakhulu futhi enamandla, kanti iGeely okwamanje ayazi ukuthi ingayakha kanjani.
Ngale ndlela, uWilliams uzoba nesibopho sokuthuthukisa i -powertrain , ezoba ngogesi ngokuphelele . Le ngxenye ebalulekile izozuza olwazini inkampani elutholile ku-Formula E. Okwamanje, iLotus izobe iphethe ukuklama nokukhiqiza i -chassis kanye nezingxenye zesakhiwo. Ngakho-ke, bazokwakha iphrojekthi ngegama lekhodi langaphakathi elithi "Omega ," igama ebelikhona ngaphambilini enkampanini eseHethel.
UPhil Popham, i-CEO yeLotus Cars, uthe
"Ubambiswano lwethu olusha lobuchwepheshe neWilliams Advanced Engineering luyingxenye yesu lokukhulisa ulwazi lwethu emkhakheni wezimoto. Ukusetshenziswa kwezinhlelo zokushayela ezithuthukisiwe kunganikeza izixazululo ezijabulisayo emikhakheni eminingi yezimoto."
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uCraig Wilson, i-CEO yeWilliams Advanced Engineering
"I-Williams Advanced Engineering iyaziqhenya ngokunikeza amakhasimende ethu izinto ezintsha ezivela efeni lethu le-Formula One. Sizoqhubeka nokuthuthukisa izinjini ezintsha, zesimanje kulobu budlelwano ne-Lotus."
Kuzodingeka sikuqaphele lokhu, ngoba lezi zinhlelo zingase zibe yisibonakaliso sento enkulu kakhulu eLotus.
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