Lotus will reveal a new sports car this summer but production won’t start until 2022, CEO Phil Popham told Automotive News (subscription required) in an interview last week. The new sports car is expected to be the last model based…
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Alpine to become EV brand, develop electric sports car with Lotus
Renault will turn its Alpine performance brand into a dedicated electric-vehicle brand, the automaker said Thursday. Like fellow members of the Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance, Renault is in the midst of a major restructuring. The restructuring is being overseen by…
Hyundai creates Ioniq EV brand: Crossover, sedan, and SUV all coming by 2024
Hyundai Monday morning in South Korea announced the formation of a new dedicated electric-vehicle brand, called Ioniq. The brand follows a formula that Hyundai followed just a few years earlier, with Genesis: take a strong nameplate that applied to several…
Hyundai set to turn Ioniq name into a global EV brand
LOS ANGELES — Hyundai Motor Co. is launching a global battery-electric brand using the Ioniq name from its current hybrid and EV hatchbacks. It plans to release three electric vehicles from the new brand in the next four years, starting…
Genesis GV80 brings crossover style to the upstart brand
For Hyundai’s Genesis luxury division, the GV80 SUV unveiled Tuesday at a private media event in Seoul, South Korea, might as well be the brand’s launch vehicle. The GV80, which goes on sale this month in its home market and…
Turkey’s new national car brand reveals electric sedan and SUV
It was in 2016 that we first learned Turkey was working on a national car brand, and on Friday the covers came off prototypes for a sedan and SUV that look production ready. The new car brand, currently referred to…