has a total valuation of 75 billion euros, the third largest IPO in European history was born!
Recently, the news that Porsche was successfully launched has exploded in the automotive circle.
According to industry insiders, the successful listing of Porsche will bring at least 9.5 billion euros (about 65.9 billion yuan) of financing income to Volkswagen Group . Ferrari was listed on New York Stock Exchange as early as 2015, and its current market value is nearly US$35 billion.
This means that the three major sports car brands: Porsche, Ferrari, Lutus . Among the three - only Lutus has not yet launched .
It is true that an IPO can bring a lot of money, but because of shareholders' equity, you must make more compromises.
On this issue, Lotus is obviously less anxious, and some aspects can be done more than their peers - such as electrification and intelligent .
As for how to implement it, it is still a wonderful marriage between Lotus and Chinese Automobile.
Engraved the "track gene" into DNA
Counting many sports car brands, Lotus is like the "sweeping monk" written by Jin Yong . If you don't make a sound, you will make a big splash:
7 times F1 manufacturer's annual championship, 6 F1 driver's annual championship, 81 F1 branch championship, 9 Le Mans Grand Prix group championship...
74 brand history , Lotus has always been the world's three major sports car brands, active in the arenas around the world and has never been absent.
The ultimate pursuit of vehicle handling performance has also made Lotus' brand personality full of "track gene" .
In 2018, Lotus, who has always been the first, made an amazing decision again: becomes the world's first sports car brand to fully transform to electrification!
Just imagine: four years ago, would you think electric cars will become the future of cars? The answer is likely to be no.
As a pioneer, when the development trend of new energy vehicles was not yet clear, he plunged into the direction of electrification - the figure of Lotus running forward is still so familiar.
And for those traditional sports car giants who have been sticking to the fuel field for many years, the transformation of electrification is full of difficulties. But for Lotus, there is obviously no such "idol baggage".
coincides with the 70th anniversary of the brand’s establishment. Lotus released the “Vision 80” ten-year brand rejuvenation plan and proposed the “Chinese-English dual engine” strategy.
Lutus's "electric shock" journey begins here.
Globally "electric shock", China landed
In the past 100 years of automobiles, Chinese automobiles have been "absent" for most of the time. The sports car at the top of the pyramid is almost a blank piece of paper for Chinese cars.
But with the completion of the entire industrial chain industrial system, China's automobile industry has formed an unprecedented manufacturing advantage in the field of new energy. At the same time, the world's largest new energy vehicle consumer market has also begun to emerge in China.
, who can hold back such an attractive big cake in front of you?
On the last day of August 2021, Lutes Group CEO Feng Qingfeng announced: Lutes Technology's global headquarters will be officially settled in Wuhan, China.
As an important part of the "Chinese-English dual engine" strategy, Lotus Technology will focus on the localized production and manufacturing of daily vehicles.
But if you look forward from a global perspective, the preparations for Lotus' entry into China have already begun.
is the first research and development, in Frankfurt, Germany, there is the Lotus Technology Innovation Center.Feng Qingfeng believes: "German auto talents are around 800,000-900,000, and Germany's manufacturing level is very high. For example, our product chassis development and EPA edge evolution architecture are all done by German engineers."
and the styling design center is arranged in the UK, led by design master Peter Hobri. He has more than 40 years of industry experience. He has not only worked in well-known car companies such as Ford and Volvo , but also has design experience in super luxury brands such as Jaguar and Aston Martin .
Finally, regarding the core vehicle manufacturing base, taking into account the advantages of the industrial chain, it was selected in Wuhan, China. This Wuhan factory not only has the maximum production capacity of 150,000 vehicles per year, but is also a completely intelligent factory. For example, it has the " flexible production line ", which can achieve the personalized customization needs of "one person, one car".
Global R&D, independent design and local manufacturing - these three moves mark the clarion call of electrification from China. The similar rhythm of
can't help but remind people of another new energy giant: Tesla . And its emergence has brought a strong " catfish effect " to China's new energy vehicle market.
As for whether Lotus Technology can ignite China's "ultra-high-end" new energy market with its pure electric supercars? Maybe Lotus Eletre can answer the question of
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With a driver's license, you can outperform the F1 championship
Eletre As Lotus's first pure electric SUV, some people may question this is the product of compromise with the times. But just as Eletre means "rebirth", the Lotus Eletre, born in 2022, has both inheritance and innovation.
As a medium and large pure electric SUV with dual-motor four-wheel drive and 100-hundred acceleration of 2.95 seconds, Eletre did not lose Lotus's "track gene".
The so-called "fast curves are really fast". The Eletre has a total of 7 sets of Race-Aero duct designs outside the body. The exaggerated aerodynamic design can provide the Eletre with a maximum driving net downforce of 90kg.
With the help of "black technologies" such as active air intake grille and flip-type lidar, Eletre's vehicle resistance coefficient is only 0.26, which has surpassed the mainstream level of family cars. In terms of
But the most surprising thing is Eletre's leading position in intelligent driving.
hardware, Eletre is equipped with 2 Nvidia Orin chips, with a final computing power of up to 508TOPS. In terms of sensors, the configuration of Eletre is rare in the industry:
4 lidar +6 mm wave radar +12 ultrasonic radars+4 2 million surround view cameras+7 8 million assisted driving cameras+1 in-car camera.
You should know that the NIO ES7, which was launched not long ago, has only one lidar, five millimeter-wave radars, and 7 8-megapixel cameras + 4 3-megapixel cameras + 12 ultrasonic radars. Comparison of this will make you see the difference immediately.
In terms of software, Eletre has introduced three AI algorithms: risk model, game model, and exclusive model. It can rely on its own sensor group and high computing power platform to independently learn the driving habits of car owners and bring a safe, efficient and exclusive intelligent driving experience to every car owner.
"In ten years, with the assistance of Lotus intelligent driving, as long as you can get a driver's license, you can outperform the F1 championship." This is Feng Qingfeng, CEO of Lotus Group.
Conclusion: The so-called big roads lead to Rome, for Lutes, listing is not the only choice.
Deeply cultivated in China and embrace the most powerful electric technology advantages, software technical talents, industrial capital and the largest consumer market, which may be the beginning of Lotus globalization strategy . China's dream of high-end electric sports car will also go global by using Lotus.
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