Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

Thank you CTOnews.com netizen Mr. Aviation for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com July 25 news, Geely Automobile's Lotus (Lotus) announced last week that it will reorganize its workforce,"this may lead to up to 200 people lost their jobs."

In response, Lotus China revealed to Auto News that the layoffs were mainly aimed at the sports car business operations department in the UK and did not involve the Chinese market team.

According to Reuters, the layoffs were due to the need for business restructuring and were not due to losses or business declines last year. They pointed out that Lotus began its electric transformation last year, and in order to improve efficiency and promote the achievement of business goals, it is necessary to streamline and optimize the personnel structure, which is crucial for long-term development.

Lotus previously reported a pre-tax loss of 145.1 million pounds in 2022 (CTOnews.com notes: currently about Rmb1.355 billion), compared with a loss of 86.6 million pounds the previous year (currently about Rmb809 million).

Sales of Lotus cars also fell to 576 in 2022 from 1566 the year before, and despite the launch of the first new model, the Emira sports car, in more than a decade, sales have struggled to improve.

At the same time, Lotus is also actively producing electric SUVs in Wuhan, China, which is also one of the priorities of the company's automotive electrification.

Lotus China said its Wuhan plant was completed and put into operation in July last year, with an annual production capacity of about 150,000 vehicles, and overall sales will increase. As of the first half of this year, more than 2200 Emira models have been produced, with orders scheduled for the next 18 months.

Mao Jingbo, president of Lotus China, previously said that from 2023 to 2025, a pure electric car will be launched every year, and a pure electric SUV and pure electric sports car will be launched respectively in the next two years.

Lotus UK team will continue to focus on the production of sports car Emira and pure electric supercar Evija, and the focus of its sports car business will gradually shift to electric products in the future.

Lotus said: "This year Lotus will focus on the producers of Emira sports cars and Evija supercars, and 2023 will be a record year for the company's car production, and then we will turn our attention to the future of electric sports cars." "

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