Lotus Group, also known as Lotus Cars or simply Lotus, is a British multinational automotive manufacturer of luxury sports cars and electric vehicles. It is composed of three primary entities: Lotus Cars, a high-performance sports car company based in Hethel, Norfolk; Lotus Technology Inc., an all-electric lifestyle vehicle company headquartered in Wuhan, China; and Lotus Engineering, an engineering consultancy headquartered at the Lotus Advanced Technology Centre at the University of Warwick's Wellesbourne Campus. Lotus was founded by Colin Chapman and owned by him until his death in 1982, was later bought by General Motors, then Romano Artioli and then DRB-HICOM through its subsidiary Proton, and is currently fully owned by the Chinese multinational Geely.
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Lotus Group (also known as Lotus Cars, or simply Lotus) is a British multinational automotive manufacturer of luxury sports cars and electric vehicles.
Subsidiary Of: Geely Holding Group, Lead: subsidiary-of
Lotus is currently fully owned by Chinese multinational Geely.
Founded By: Colin Chapman, Lead: founded-by
Lotus was founded by Colin Chapman and owned by him until his death in 1982.
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Lotus Group (also known as Lotus Cars, or simply Lotus) is a British multinational automotive manufacturer of luxury sports cars and electric vehicles.
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