Amsterdam – HERE Technologies, the leading digital mapping and location data company, has once again been named the #1 location platform by Omdia, a global technology research leader. The 2025 Omdia Location Platform Index evaluates the world’s foremost location technology providers including HERE, Google, TomTom and Mapbox. The 2025 Omdia Location Platform Index evaluates providers based… Continue reading HERE Technologies retains #1 ranking in Omdia’s 2025 Location Platform Index, setting the pace for software-defined vehicles and AI innovation
Tag: Lotus
Mario Andretti on his favourite cars, circuits, races and rivals
America’s greatest racing driver? It’s subjective and depends entirely on your perspective. But what we can state for certain is, in terms of worldwide fame, stature, personality, longevity of career and relentless achievement, they don’t come much bigger than Mario Andretti. Just that name alone… he’s a sporting colossus. Andretti won in pretty much everything… Continue reading Mario Andretti on his favourite cars, circuits, races and rivals
I saved £25k by buying a German Lotus instead of a British one
As a twenty-something back in 1990, Simon Bailey dreamed of owning a Lotus Carlton, Vauxhall’s 176mph supersaloon that raised questions in the Commons and rattled the likes of BMW and Mercedes. A quarter of a century later, he has realised his ambition, although the car on his driveway is not a Vauxhall but its Opel… Continue reading I saved £25k by buying a German Lotus instead of a British one
The centenarian Palace Museum: How a ‘zero-waste’ initiative breathes green vitality into China’s landmark heritage?
BEIJING, Dec. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — A news report from China.org.cn on the Palace Museum: The centenarian Palace Museum: How a ‘zero-waste’ initiative breathes green vitality into China’s landmark heritage? https://youtu.be/fZg27rA1E5E On October 11, 2025, the 7th Taihe Forum, hosted by the Palace Museum and the Forbidden City Cultural Heritage Conservation Foundation, kicked off. Throughout the… Continue reading The centenarian Palace Museum: How a ‘zero-waste’ initiative breathes green vitality into China’s landmark heritage?
Alpine’s ‘family-sized A110’ showed me electric SUVs can dazzle
I first experienced the A390 at the Car of the Year judging event at Tannis in September, and the first thing that took me by surprise was how good it looked. I’d seen pictures, of course, and thought it seemed striking but a bit… odd. But in the weak Danish sunlight it looked properly marvellous:… Continue reading Alpine’s ‘family-sized A110’ showed me electric SUVs can dazzle
ECARX Announces US$23 Million Strategic Investment in Lotus Technology to Deepen Global Partnership
LONDON, Dec. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — ECARX Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: ECX) (“ECARX” or the “Company”), a global mobility tech provider, announced that it entered into a share subscription agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”) on December 23, 2025, with Lotus Technology Inc. (“Lotus Tech”) (Nasdaq: LOT), to strategically invest US$23 million through a private placement. Pursuant to the… Continue reading ECARX Announces US$23 Million Strategic Investment in Lotus Technology to Deepen Global Partnership
Inside the chaotic 1975 Earls Court Motor Show
The International Motor Show at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre – its status can’t be overstated. But back in 1975 it was a grim time for Britain in general, with economic stagnation and inflation somehow coexisting, and a car industry in turmoil. Just months before the show, British Leyland had been nationalised after a government report had revealed… Continue reading Inside the chaotic 1975 Earls Court Motor Show
The Lotus Emira is a thrill if you’ve got the skill
In a world of huge SUVs and an increasing dependence on technology, a sports car from Hethel was the detox I needed. Hydraulic steering, a manual gearbox and a roaring 400bhp supercharged 3.5-litre V6 behind my head. Phwoar. And all of this encased in one of the best-looking bodies currently on sale. The Emira’s rawness… Continue reading The Lotus Emira is a thrill if you’ve got the skill
Listen: Lotus design director on lightweight philosophy in the EV age
In this week’s bonus episode of the Autocar podcast, Autocar Meets Russell Carr, design director at Lotus. Talking at an event in London to Autocar’s editor-at-large Matt Prior, the pair discuss lightweight design in an electric age, what’s going on at Hethel, and how Lotus fits into a multinational company like Geely. The regular My… Continue reading Listen: Lotus design director on lightweight philosophy in the EV age
Everyday heroes: When ‘normal’ cars sneak into supercar showdowns
Think of Autocar’s annual Britain’s Best Driver’s Car (BBDC) test and your mind will rightly project visions of Porsche 911s, V12-fired Ferraris and scaffold-like lightweights. But once in a blue moon, something entirely ordinary slips into the field. Not even a GTI, ST or anything to that effect, but common-or-garden machinery that lines the nation’s… Continue reading Everyday heroes: When ‘normal’ cars sneak into supercar showdowns