At the moment Lotus looks a bit like an abandoned ship. From the developers' perspective: they need money. You can't support yourself for years on end with the money you earn from selling EAs. So Janine driving bus for a living hasn't come as a big surprise. I could imagine that Marcel is doing Lotus only in his free time too. Rents and insurances need to be paid and fridges want to be filled.
Still, many questions arise: how do they want to serve the needs of their customers? Do they at all? What is their plan to get out of this mess? Even if many of us agree on the doubtful personality of the deveopers you can't tell me that they are actually happy with how the whole process has been going on. Do they have a plan? Have they given up?
What is the role of this famous new developer? Do they pay him? Is he a fan who has offered to help?
I am pretty sure that we'll never get an answer to most of my questions.