Lotus opens new sports car manufacturing facility at Hethel

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The Chapman Production Centre is already building the Emira, the last petrol-powered car from Lotus and is latest stage of £100m redevelopment of the company’s UK facilities

The OEM has introduced more automation into its production operations with Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) being used for the movement of cars-in-build on set routes around the factory, allowing operations teams to focus on assembling the vehicles. The company says that by using AGVs, it has future-proofed its sports car manufacturing system as changes can be made quickly to accommodate different manufacturing processes as new vehicle models are introduced.

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