Group Lotus Plc recently passed along news that the Lotus Evora has already starting winning awards, despite the fact that the vehicle still isn’t slated to arrive in European dealer showrooms until the Summer of 2009. (The Evora may arrive in North America in late 2009 or early 2010.) The award in question is the [...]
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Lotus Elise to Join DARPA Urban Challenge
Sponsored by the US Department of Defense via the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge event featured a number of robotic vehicles autonomously navigating a 131.2 mile road course. A modified Volkswagen Touareg (affectionately dubbed “Stanley“) won the 2005 competition, followed by a few other similarly rugged and imposing vehicles. DARPA’s goal with the [...]
