How many is Lotus planning to produce?

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I do not disagree that it's possible for Lotus to achieve those numbers... and that the factory was certainly designed to do it. I just think that running at full production, with fully trained staff and no hiccups while launching a new vehicle with a new engine variant using all new systems will take longer to scale up. I hope I am wrong.

Yes you are so right. For the production staff, the method of working in the Chapman Production Centre is going to be light years away from how the 3E's were built. So, as you say, they certainly will not be going from zero to 5000 per year straight out the blocks.