In July 2021 Lotus unveiled the all-new Lotus Emira, its last gasoline-powered sports car and best-of-breed, and in July 2019 it launched the Evija, the world’s first all-electric British hypercar. In March 2022 Lotus revealed the Eletre, the world’s first all-electric hyper-SUV. Customer deliveries will begin in 2023. An all-electric sports car (code named Lotus Type 135) is currently being designed and engineered at Hethel. On 24 May 2017, Chinese Geely took a 51% controlling share of Lotus. The balance of 49% was bought by Etika Automotive, a holding company of Proton’s major shareholder Syed Mokhtar Albukhary.