{"id":192716,"date":"2026-08-28T12:25:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T10:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/?p=192716"},"modified":"2026-08-28T11:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T09:07:12","slug":"lotuss-electric-revolution-is-over-now-comes-the-rescue-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmobility.news\/nl\/2026\/08\/28\/lotuss-electric-revolution-is-over-now-comes-the-rescue-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"De elektrische revolutie van Lotus is voorbij, nu volgt het reddingsplan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lotus groeit weer, maar uit de meest recente halfjaarcijfers blijkt ook hoe ingrijpend het Britse sportwagenmerk zijn toekomst heeft moeten herzien.\u00a0De afleveringen stegen in de eerste helft van 2026 met 39%, maar Europa boekte een achteruitgang, de verliezen blijven groot en het moederbedrijf, Geely, heeft nog eens $128 miljoen moeten injecteren. De revolutie van de volledig elektrische auto's is voorbij. Nu volgt het reddingsplan.<\/p>\n<p>Lotus leverde in de eerste zes maanden van 2026 3.904 auto\u2019s af, een stijging van 39% ten opzichte van dezelfde periode vorig jaar, terwijl de omzet met 23% steeg tot $268 miljoen. De brutomarge verbeterde van 8% naar 10%. Maar het herstel wordt voornamelijk aangedreven door China en door iets waarvan Lotus ooit dacht dat het niet nodig zou zijn: plug-in-hybriden.<\/p>\n<h4>Europese leveringen nemen af<\/h4>\n<p>De leveringen in China stegen met 60% tot 2.248 auto\u2019s, wat nu 58% van het wereldwijde volume van Lotus vertegenwoordigt. Europa, van oudsher de natuurlijke thuismarkt voor het Britse merk, kende een tegenovergestelde ontwikkeling. De leveringen daalden met 17% tot slechts 716 auto\u2019s, waardoor het aandeel van Europa daalde van 31% naar 18%.<\/p>\n<p>Centraal in de nieuwe strategie staat de Eletre X plug-in hybride. Deze is al te koop in China en op diverse andere markten, en zal in het vierde kwartaal op het Europese vasteland verkrijgbaar zijn.<\/p>\n<p>De reacties hierop verklaren mede waarom Lotus zijn ambitie om tegen 2028 een volledig elektrische autofabrikant te worden, heeft opgegeven. In het kader van de nieuwe Focus 2030-strategie streeft Lotus nu naar ongeveer 60% hybride auto\u2019s en 40% volledig elektrische auto\u2019s tegen 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Dat is een opmerkelijke ommekeer. In 2024 werd in de presentaties voor investeerders van Lotus nog steeds uitgegaan van een jaarlijkse productie van 40.000 tot 50.000 Eletre\u2019s, 30.000 tot 40.000 Emeya\u2019s en maar liefst 70.000 tot 80.000 exemplaren van de geplande elektrische Type 134 SUV.<\/p>\n<h4>Is elk nieuw model elektrisch?<\/h4>\n<p>Elk nieuw model na 2022 zou volledig elektrisch moeten zijn. Op dit moment streeft het hele bedrijf ernaar om tegen 2028 slechts ongeveer 30.000 auto's per jaar te verkopen. Vorig jaar werden er 6.520 verkocht.<\/p>\n<p>Zelfs de sportwagenstrategie van Lotus is herzien. De Emira, die werd ge\u00efntroduceerd als de laatste sportwagen met verbrandingsmotor, blijft in productie. En de Type 135, die eerder was gepland als een volledig elektrische sportwagen voor 2026, is nu een V8-hybride supercar met middenmotor geworden, die in 2028 op de markt moet komen.\u00a0De financi\u00eble cijfers verklaren voor een deel die urgentie. Lotus Tech wist zijn gerapporteerde operationele verlies terug te brengen van $263 miljoen naar $97 miljoen.<\/p>\n<p>Bijna $100 miljoen van die verbetering was echter te danken aan een eenmalige terugbetaling van licentievergoedingen. Zonder die terugbetaling zou het operationele verlies nog steeds $195 miljoen hebben bedragen. Het nettoverlies bedroeg $151 miljoen bij een omzet van slechts $268 miljoen. De voortdurende steun van Geely is daarom van cruciaal belang. In juni stemde de Chinese groep ermee in om nog eens $128,3 miljoen te verstrekken via een converteerbare obligatie.<\/p>\n<p>Lotus Tech heeft inmiddels 100% van Lotus UK overgenomen, waardoor de sportwagenfabriek in Hethel, Lotus Engineering en de in China ontwikkelde tak voor lifestyle-auto\u2019s onder \u00e9\u00e9n \u2018One Lotus\u2019-structuur zijn samengebracht.<\/p>\n<h4>Nog geen reactie?<\/h4>\n<p>Er zijn nog maar weinig tekenen van een Europese opleving. In Belgi\u00eb werden in de eerste zeven maanden van 2026 slechts 77 nieuwe Lotussen geregistreerd, een daling van 25% ten opzichte van dezelfde periode vorig jaar.\u00a0De totale Belgische automarkt kromp met slechts 2,4%. Juli bood een klein sprankje hoop, met 19 registraties tegenover 7 een jaar eerder, maar het volume blijft miniem.<\/p>\n<p>In Nederland ziet het er nog moeilijker uit. Tot nu toe zijn er in 2026 slechts 20 nieuwe Lotussen geregistreerd, tegenover 45 in 2025 en 150 in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>De Eletre illustreert deze terugval: het aantal registraties kelderde van 136 in 2024 naar 28 vorig jaar en slechts zes dit jaar. Opmerkelijk genoeg rijden 831 van de 1.463 Lotus-auto\u2019s die nog in Nederland geregistreerd staan op benzine, en blijft de oude Elise veruit het meest voorkomende model.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lotus is growing again, but its latest half-year results also confirm how radically the British sports-car brand has had to rewrite its future.\u00a0Deliveries rose 39% in the first half of 2026, yet Europe went backward, losses remain heavy, and the parent company, Geely, has had to inject another $128 million. The all-electric revolution is over. 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The all-electric revolution is over. Now comes the rescue plan. Lotus delivered 3,904 cars in the first six months of 2026, up 39% year-on-year, while revenue increased 23% to $268 million. Gross margin improved from 8% to 10%. 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