an in-house modular chassis platform that would underpin its future electric vehicles. The Elise's discontinuation was also linked to Lotus' decision to upgrade its paint shop to an automated one ...

And when an Elise recently met its maker at ... FastX Autosport What was difficult, however, was the way Lotus attached the crash structure to the chassis. Instead of bolting it in like any ...

Well, it turns out a few ex-Tesla and Lucid executives got tired of waiting for a lightweight electric sports car, so they ...

The Lotus Elise has given birth to some seriously fast ... But this could be the most extreme use of the lightweight chassis yet.

EV startup Longbow has revealed a lightweight electric sports car, available in both Speedster and Roadster body styles.

The erstwhile Lotus Elise, conceived in 1994 and the first model, rolled off the production line in 1996. It featured a bonded extruded aluminum chassis and a fiberglass body, and it weighed just ...

The Lotus Elise is one of those few ... Its pioneering and advanced bonded aluminium chassis was a market-leading technological innovation at the time and over the years has improved and evolved ...

The Elise’s sub-ton kerb weight, no matter what derivative it is, means the chassis can be determinedly ... It’s a trick that Lotus has been pulling off for years. One huge improvement over ...

To the uninitiated, the Lotus Exige S1 looks like an early Elise with a hardtop and a set of spoilers, and some Elise owners ...

By this stage in the Elise’s evolution, Lotus had completed the transition ... It has a suppleness to its chassis that marks it out as something special, at least if you appreciate a car that ...

Taking inspiration from iconic British sports cars like the Jaguar E-Type and Lotus Elise, these two-seaters are targeted for launch in 2026. Longbow said each will weigh less than 2,200 pounds, ...

The extruded aluminum chassis is derived from that of the Lotus Elise, a British sports car, and while the Tesla looks similar to the Elise, its carbon-fiber body panels are unique. An electric ...