Lotus Ada Kilang UK Baharu Dengan Kapasiti 1500 Unit / Tahun

Lotus berkembang dengan pesat sekali sejak pengambilalihan Geely mereka. Hanya dalam 2 tahun, syarikat ini mengekori jenama prestasi hingga menunjukkan salah satu kereta elektrik yang paling hebat dan eksotik merela, Evija. Mereka bahkan memodenkan beberapa produk lama mereka, memberi pemilik pilihan untuk menambahkan alat digital plug-and-play. Sekarang, ketika syarikat itu bersiap untuk meningkatkan jumlah produksi mereka, mereka telah membuka kemudahan pembuatan baharu di Hurricane Way.

Hurricane Way berada dekat dengan Hethel HQ syarikat, dan akan berfungsi sebagai kemudahan pengeluaran utama syarikat. Lotus menjangkakan kemudahan seluas 12.300m2 itu akan menghasilkan sekitar 1500 unit Elise, Exige dan Evora tahun ini sahaja.

Sebenarnya, mereka hanya membuat casis Elise pertama mereka di sana. Casis ini akan disimpan sebagai rujukan ketika pengeluaran meningkat. Bagi Evija, hanya 130 daripadanya yang akan dibuat di kemudahan baharu di Hethel itu sendiri.

Di bawah, siaran media Lotus dengan lebih maklumat.

SIARAN MEDIA

The first extruded and bonded aluminium chassis to be built at Lotus’ new manufacturing facility at Hurricane Way, Norwich, has been completed.

The unit, a chassis for the legendary Lotus Elise, was built for the validation and quality checking of the new manufacturing process. Although not destined for a final vehicle, it will remain at the factory for testing. As chassis manufacturing volumes grow steadily over the next few months, it will help ensure that the processes adhere to the globally recognised quality standards expected.

The new 12,300 m² facility has the capacity to build several thousand chassis per year. It will produce around 1,500 units for the Lotus Elise, Exige and Evora during 2021.

Set to employ 125 highly skilled operatives, technicians and engineers, the site also houses the welding and fabrication of sub-frames, suspension components and other key parts for Lotus cars.

The investment from Lotus, which has its headquarters and sports car manufacturing 10 miles away in Hethel, Norfolk, further demonstrates its commitment to the region.

Lotus announced in July 2020 that as part of its expansion programme it had outgrown existing facilities in Worcester and Norwich, and so would bring together both production processes into one new combined location – Hurricane Way, in the north of Norwich. Tooling has already been upgraded in readiness for a new range of Lotus sports cars to be launched in the coming years.