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Lotus Slashes Delivery Target Over Tariffs on Chinese EVs

  • Electric-car brand now expects to ship fewer cars this year
  • Geely listed the EV unit of the Lotus Elise maker in February

A Lotus supercar in a dealership in Hangzhou, China.

Photographer: Long Wei/Feature China/Future Publishing/Getty Images
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Lotus Technology Inc., the electric-car maker majority-owned by China’s Geely, has slashed its annual delivery target by more than half amid tariffs on Chinese-made EVs and weaker demand.

The company, which listed in February after being spun out as the EV arm of the British sports-car maker, said Wednesday it now expects to deliver 12,000 vehicles this year. It had previously been targeting 26,000.