The company that provided the chassis for the original Tesla $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ Roadster has reimagined itself as an electric-vehicle start-up. The market doesn’t have much love for EV start-ups in general these days, but it likes this one.This past week, special-purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, $L Catterton Asia Acquisition Corp(LCAA)$ announced it was merging with Lotus Technology in a deal valuing the car maker at about $5.4 billion.The all-elecric Lotus Eletre will hit Chinese roads in the first quarter of 2023 and European roads after that. Courtesy LotusThe deal is expected to close in the second half of 2023. At that time, the stock symbol will change to “LOT” from “LCAA.”The $5.4 billion is