transport: Lotus Elan

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Lotus Elan is the name of two separate ranges of automobiles produced by Lotus Cars. The first series of cars was produced between 1962 and 1975 as a rear-wheel drive vehicle. The second series was produced between 1989 and 1995 as a front-wheel drive vehicle co-developed with Isuzu and entirely decoupled from the 1962-75 cars from an engineering perspective.

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The Lotus Europa name is used on two distinct mid-engine GT cars built by British automobile manufacturer Lotus Cars. The original Europa and its variants comprise the Lotus Types 46, 47, 54, 65 and 74, and were produced between 1966 and 1975. The name was later revived in the Type 121 Europa S, a sports car based on the Lotus Elise produced from 2006 to 2010.

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Lotus Group (also known as Lotus Cars, or simply Lotus) is a British multinational automotive manufacturer of luxury sports cars and electric vehicles. Lotus Group is composed of three primary entities. Lotus Cars is a high-performance sports car company based in Hethel, Norfolk. Lotus Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: LOT) is an all-electric lifestyle vehicle company, headquartered in Wuhan, China, that operates regional facilities in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Germany. Additionally, Lotus Engineering is an engineering consultancy firm headquartered at the Lotus Advanced Technology Centre (LATC) located at the University of Warwick's Wellesbourne Campus. Lotus was founded by Colin Cha…

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Lotus Elan – sportowy samochód osobowy produkowany przez brytyjską firmę Lotus Cars w latach 1967-1975 i 1989-1995. Dostępny jako 2-drzwiowe coupé. Do napędu używano silników R4. Moc przenoszona była na oś tylną poprzez manualne skrzynia biegów.

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The British automobile manufacturer Lotus Cars, currently a subsidiary of Geely, has produced a number of race and production cars since its inception in 1948.

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The Lotus Elite name has been used for two production vehicles and one concept vehicle developed and manufactured by British automobile manufacturer Lotus Cars. The first generation Elite Type 14 was produced from 1957 until 1963 and the second generation model (Type 75 and later Type 83) from 1974 until 1982. The Elite name was also applied to a concept vehicle unveiled in 2010.

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Lotus Elan - An RTM Composite Success. <div class="htmlview paragraph">With the Elan's launch, Lotus is moving into a new era of low-volume production. By the middle of the next decade, a maximum of 3000 a year will be produced at Hethel and it was these requirements, combined with a desire for more design freedom, that led Lotus to carefully examine its current VARI (Vacuum Assisted Resin Injection) process and develop a unique, flexible system for the Elan.</div> <div class="htmlview paragraph">It was decided to develop a manufacturing process to employ a larger number of separate panels to allow future design freedom. The aim was to jig assemble panels which would allow accurate and cons…

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Active Control of Rear Sub-Frame Vibration in Rear and All-Wheel Drive Vehicles. Feedback control of the rear sub-frame structure is used to abate its gear mesh induced vibration. The goal of the active control is to absorb vibration at a location close to the perturbation source, i.e., the rear differential. Proof mass actuators (PMAs) are used in this active vibration control application. A tuned absorption-based as well as a linear quadratic active vibration control schemes, each with its own advantages and disadvantages, were developed for this application. Following to the synthesis and numerical simulation of the two active vibration control strategies, they were first evaluated on a…