R&D expense · 2021–2025
Lotus Technology R&D expense
$171M−37.8% · FY2025
Lotus Technology (LOT) reported $171M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −37.8% year on year.
R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.
Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2021–2025 compound annual growth −24.0%
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CompaniesRanked. (September 25, 2026). Lotus Technology R&D expense. CompaniesRanked. https://companiesranked.com/en/company/lotus-technology/research-and-development-expenseBibTeX
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The numbers above are read from this document: 20-F · 0001104659-26-050310 · April 28, 2026
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