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Oops of course, yes!

Nice - is it an i4?

How long before we get to see all the new FE colours together too?

Time will tell if Emeyas will also continue to be cherished 50 years on.

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The one in that last pic looks like a spaceship WOW!

They will still be able to sell gasoline powered cars in most of the USA beyond 2035 though right?

Why is he wearing eye protection?

If they maintain these estimated percentages across the 100K Eletres they're hoping to sell each year, their customer service people will be very busy.

Maybe Betty from the trim dept was having a day on the welder.

Not their area of expertise? They were fabricating steel chassis at Hethel from 1966 up until the late 90s. And until they moved the operation up the road, F1 chassis too.

Will the airbag system still work with the seat airbags missing?

An interesting comparison would be between the i4 and the V6 Auto.

Did they not have a major European flagship store in Piccadilly before? On Regent Street if memory serves.

Where was the ABS, ESC, TC, and ADAS that day?

It will be interesting to hear more detail from you dealer.

3C certification?

How long does it take AMG to build the i4 vs. Toyota and their V6?

Are there no people from the factory or dealerships reading this forum? It would be interesting to hear their side of the story. There was that Mr. D guy, but everytime he posts it gets deleted.

I believe that's what they used to do.

Someone in another thread said Lotus don't bother testing the cars properly on the test track any more. If true, I guess this is the result.

Didn't Toyota own 50% of Lotus back in the early 1980s?

If they don't take them on the test track, how can they be sure the car's performance, handling, wind noise, steering and braking are ok?

If they have seat belt pretensioners this would be pretty important to get right.

I wonder if some of the intermittent issues raised on page 10 of this thread were an early indication of this 'water in the electrics' problem?

They use a 2.2 mile test track to test the cars to their limits, do they not? It's what makes Lotus cars unique, the same track used for testing by Ayrton Senna, Jim Clark, Emerson et al. It's always been a great selling point. Maybe these pump cars got missed in the rush.

How will they cope with 150,000 Eletre owners emailing them every year?

Maybe the type 135 is too, just in better camouflage.

Could they be waiting for parts or software or something?

I wonder if they have the same problems with them at the factory. There must be factory people on here who could give us an insider's perspective and tell us how the US/Canada cars are progressing.

Surely with customers waiting 18+ months they ship them as soon as they are built, no?

Why do they go to BCA? Why not ship the cars straight to the despairing customers/dealers?

Do they not bed in the brakes as part of the high speed track testing each car endures?

Presumably followed by putting it on a ramp and carefully checking underneath for weeping seals, hoseclips, pipes etc, once the performance and handling have been verified on the track for a dozen hard laps or so. Then fitting the undertrays.

I wonder if they see these kind of software problems in the factory?

To make room for the gearbox?

Lacks EV expertise or resources? Did Lotus not build (and do a lot of the engineering on) all 2500 Tesla Roadsters way back in 2008, and in 2019 started producing their popular Evija model? I believe there was some tie-up with Detroit Electric too but I can't remember the details.

In that photo it looks like if they untwist the bottom of the belt where it joins the seat, the buckle would be facing the wrong way ie outwards.

Maybe a driveshaft seal got pinched or the drain plug fell out? Aren't Lotus famous for testing every car's handling and performance on their own high-speed test track? Or have they stopped all that in their quest to be more mainstream?

Following Ronnie Peterson's tragic accident.