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  • Lotus Partners With Jaguar for Biofuel Engine
    04:43:41 pm on August 28, 2008 | 0 | # |
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    At a party late in the night and you just realized that you run out of fuel ? Before you start wondering on where to look for a filling a station consider the drink in you hand .Lotus Engineering is partnering  with Jaguar , to create an advanced biofuel engine that would be capable of being powered by a variety of fuel sources , including bio-alcohol.Aptly titled as the “ Omnivore “ , this engine is being planned as a two stroke architecture coupled with direct injection mechanism.

    Lotus CEO Mike Kimberly says  “  Alcohols possess superior combustion characteristics to gasoline, which allow greater optimization.Taking full advantage of the benefits of sustainable bio-alcohols will ensure a greater percentage of vehicle miles will be traveled using renewable fuels  “

     

  • UK Technology Board to Focus on Hybrids
    06:38:49 am on June 21, 2008 | 1 | # |
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    The Government Technology Strategy Board of UK selected Lotus Engineering for its  low carbon vehicle development program. The total investments in the 2 projects allotted to Lotus, would be in the region £52 million. The Zero Emission London Taxi Commercialization project will have Lotus working alongside Intelligent Energy, LTI Ltd and TRW Conekt,in developing hybrid demonstrator vehicles.After further testing of these hybrids ,they will be inducted as commercial taxis by 2012 in London.Under the second project Limo-Green ,Lotus will work with Jaguar Cars Ltd, MIRA Ltd and Caparo Vehicle ,reengineer a basic Jaguar model and convert it into a low carbon,high end luxury hybrid .

    These 2 project will allow for investigation of a whole array of technologies ,specific to hybrid cars,right from the economy segment to the luxury .Thus these may allow UK to effectively position hybrid cars as a viable alternative to conventional vehicles.As Chief Executive, Iain Gray,Lotus Engineering puts it,"Such innovative technology will  help position British companies to benefit from the growing domestic and international demand for lower carbon vehicles."