Overview
- The Hethel Performance Hub was formally opened on Thursday, June 26, 2026, by Industry Minister Chris McDonald in a ceremony at Lotus’s Norfolk headquarters.
- Lotus says the Hub combines engineering, manufacturing and testing on one site so external firms can develop, test and build vehicles using Lotus expertise.
- Early partners announced include Charge Holdings, which is relocating to Hethel, and Zenos, which has signed heads of terms to produce roadsters at the facility.
- Hethel’s workshop-style assembly and a 2022 factory overhaul that raised theoretical capacity give Lotus room to offer flexible, limited-volume production to other OEMs.
- Local councils have delivered road and site works to support expansion, and ministers pitched the Hub as a way to create skilled jobs, strengthen supply chains and boost UK vehicle exports.