Oct 24, 2022 · 13 years have gone since Lotus introduced its last new car, Evora. During the tenure of former CEO Jean-Marc Gales (2014-2018), Lotus was starved of investment, so it could only keep squeezing the residual values of its aging Elise, Exige and Evora. Now with parent company Geely's injection of funds and concrete planning, a new boss named Matt Windles (ex-Lotus and Tesla engineer) and a new ...