Another blooming good car from the Lotus Engineering green house


Last time, I recommended you to watch out for a road test report on the Lotus Exige 265E, a bio-fuel, and that you would find it at the
Green Car Guide. Well, we were not disappointed. The full report is now there.

The Exige 265E has been developed out of the Exige S by the same consultancy arm of Lotus cars that has created the Tesla, featured on this blog, and is also working on another electric car.

Do take a look at the Exige 265E. The Lotus engineers have a potentially great car here which, if it goes into production ,will really confound the critics who say that you cannot have an attractive and fast sportscar that is capable of delivering only low CO2 emissions. Using a flex fuel system,so that petrol could be used a very last resort instead of the usual and more climate-friendly ethanol (E85), Lotus Engineering is becoming a leader in alternative fuel technology.

The drive to encourage the widespread use of alternative fuels to petrol is supported in Sweden and Brazil by government financial incentives. That same level of support is needed here in the UK to encourage car manufacturers and fuel suppliers to facilitate the use of low emission cars.

Ah, there's the rub, I can here you say. Where can I buy this E85? Well ,during the Green Car Guide road test the test car was refuelled on the forecourt of the local Morrisons Store!The bioethanol can and will become widely available.