USA/Canada Delivery Thread

[DerTheDer]

Puts on tin foil hat.

I am still a little murky on whether Lotus is going to *conduct testing* in January, or expects to receive CARB approval in January. For sure we've been told that it's the later. However, I do see discussions that it's actual testing that they will be doing in January.

Radio silence from Gator Motorsports points to changed plans from what they've previously communicated.

Big if true.

 

[trackday14]

We’ll see if this gets any traction:

 

[DerTheDer]

We’ll see if this gets any traction:

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Could you be the hero we need?

 

[eriegz]

From someone on the Emira Facebook group (Fort Lauderdale):

 

[azlambo]

Personally, I believe very few, if any, of the CARB cars are at port. Given the number of cars that have been received in the US to date, I would guess that substantially all of them are for non-CARB states and have been shipped out to those dealers.

If the CARB state FE 1.0/2.0 cars have been built, they are either on the water on other boats, or they are still in the UK.

I’m in a non- CARB state, no cars at dealer, but I’ve got a VIN # and was told my car has been “processed”, whatever that means.

 

[azlambo]

We’ll see if this gets any traction:

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Written and sent this same email multiple times…….crickets.

 

[trackday14]

Written and sent this same email multiple times…….crickets.

I also went on LinkedIn to see if I have any friends with connections to folks who work at CARB…Nothing useful.

 

[C7R35]

Is that first photo the FE2.0 Black or DV?

DV

 

[trackday14]

Written and sent this same email multiple times…….crickets.

Well, I received a response:

 

[KCMO68_510]

I received a response:

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So they are saying nothing is final. Not really anything new in that response.

 

[MYFASTEFE]

We are almost to the finish line gents. Dealers do not want the cars seating on the lots any more than we want to continue waiting for our cars. I hope it is a sale record breaking month for Lotus as they go public.......

 

[Gprodigy]

Austin TX

 

[I.am.Duke]

Has anyone seen/heard if an Osmium Silver spec has made landfall in the USA?

 

[Newguy1354]

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Thank you for that! Crazy how much the Atlantis Blue darkens at different angles. Meridian Blue probably will be like Verdant and look black most of the time.

 

[silent cilantro]

Yeah I saw a meridian blue when I was in Hethel. It’s basically black

 

[eriegz]

Has anyone seen/heard if an Osmium Silver spec has made landfall in the USA?

Yeah, someone on the Facebook owners group posted this:

 

[rich64]

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I have a Seneca Blue Emira, if I could have chosen one of the newer colours, I would still choose Seneca Blue.

 

[Newguy1354]

It's nice to see these cars are coming in that full wrap on the trucks and not just some adhesive stripes.

 

[silent cilantro]

It's nice to see these cars are coming in that full wrap on the trucks and not just some adhesive stripes.

Wish they would have kept the full wrap while they are parked outside for weeks. Mine is sitting right under that tree and I’m sure birds will get to it

 

[Newguy1354]

Wish they would have kept the full wrap while they are parked outside for weeks. Mine is sitting right under that tree and I’m sure birds will get to it

It's right next to that EV charger, I bet it gets moved pretty soon. If not you might just ask them to move it.