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NZ Autocar
24-05-2025
- Automotive
- NZ Autocar
Lotus Emira could swap V6 for hotter V8
Lotus is poised to offer a V8 option for its Emira sports car as the company looks to expand the appeal of its sole ICE model. But it is also a response to the fact that the V6 will not pass upcoming Euro 7 emissions regulations. CEO Feng Qingfeng told investors on the company's recent earnings call that 'We are currently investigating the feasibility of the V8'. Check out the NZ Autocar review of Lotus Emira V6 First Edition here. At the moment Lotus offers V6 and four-cylinder turbo options for the Emira. Both generate almost 300kW but Feng ruled out boosting the power of the V6. That's because it won't meet upcoming emissions regulations. The Emira is built in Lotus's plant in Hethel and last year hit a sales record of 5272 deliveries. New CEO of Lotus Cars in Europe, Matt Windle, said: 'The US is an incredibly important market for the car. So we're looking at the market demand for the product going forward.' And he added the company is looking at powertrain options, stating it Emira hadn't realised its full potential. AMG could supply Hethel with a V8. Whether or not it would fit into Emira's compact mid-engined frame is unclear. Lotus hasn't had an eight-cylinder offering in its line-up since Esprit V8 in 2004. Meantime, the company has halted shipments of British-built Emira to the US after the new 25 per cent tariff was applied in April. And America accounts for one-fifth of all Lotus sales. Ditto Eletre SUV and Emeya saloon EVs that are built in China. The US recently agreed to lower tariffs on UK-built goods to 10 per cent but Windle has yet to restart trade across the Atlantic. He said 'There's product that's ready to ship but what we don't want to do is jump the gun…' Lotus had intended to replace the ICE-powered Emira with an electric sports car but it is currently assessing the market before giving it the green light. 'Is the market ready for an electric sports car? I don't really know the answer to that yet,' said Windle.
Associated Press
04-02-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
ERP Advisors Group's Review of 2024 ERP Trends and 2025 Predictions
On Wednesday, Jan. 15th, and Thursday, Jan. 16th, ERP Advisors Group's ERP Expert to CEOs & CFOs, Shawn Windle, and ERP News Analyst, Rebekah McCabe, reviewed ERP trends in 2024 and made major predictions for 2025. LAKEWOOD, COLORADO / ACCESS Newswire / February 4, 2025 / On Wednesday, Jan. 15th, and Thursday, Jan. 16th, The ERP Advisor Podcast hosted Shawn Windle, Founder and Managing Principal of ERP Advisors Group, and Rebekah McCabe, ERP News and Industry Analyst, as they reflected on what happened in the world of ERP in 2024, and what we should expect from ERP in 2025. Watch Part One of the event here. Watch Part Two of the event here. Shawn Windle summarized 2024 as 'a transitional year,' with slower revenue growth compared to preceding years, but clarified this was not unexpected because, 'as an industry we have seen incredible growth rates that were very difficult to maintain.' Rebekah McCabe offered her own summary of the year, stating that, 'people are starting to come down from the hype of cloud and have real expectations about what they are going to be able to do. All the while, they are truly realizing that value in their systems.' ERP could not be discussed this year without AI, with Windle stating that, 'we haven't realized AI's full value yet, but we are right on the razor's edge of doing so in 2025.' In closing, Windle reaffirmed what McCabe said, stating that, 'It will take a while to meet all the AI hype but the bottom line is, 2024 was a very good, solid year for ERP. I think it made us all a little more real with our expectations of ERP and AI.' In Part 2, McCabe predicted a strong year for ERP, stating, 'If 2024 was realistic, 2025 is going to be explosive.' Windle agreed that there will be pent up demand for ERP solutions and said 'overall, there will be ERP growth, and that growth is going to take place across most major industries.' Windle and McCabe also predicted the large-scale development of AI, with Windle stating, 'we're going to see a humanistic wrapper around [AI] that is going to make it more fun to interact with.' The two expected to see an influx of mergers and acquisitions taking place, with Windle stating, 'this time next year, we're going to look back and say 'Wow, I wasn't expecting that company to be bought!'' Windle and McCabe agreed that this year has the potential to change ERP as a whole, stating that, 'we [now] have the ability to make enterprise software what the promise has always been.' The full calls are available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and other major podcast providers. Click here to register for our next events. ERP Advisors Group is one of the world's most trusted enterprise software advisory firms. Helping hundreds of organizations find the right solutions to meet their needs, ERP Advisors Group has a proven track record of successful software selections that lead to successful go-lives.
