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Honda to participate in F1 from 2026 season as power unit supplier for Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant team

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Honda has agreed to enter into a works partnership with the Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team to supply power units compliant with the new F1 power unit regulations which will take effect in the 2026 season. This will result in maximum power output that is roughly even between the engine and motor.

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Williams Advanced Engineering and Unipart Manufacturing Group form automotive battery JV; Aston Martin launch customer

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The launch customer for Hyperbat batteries is the Aston Martin Rapide E, which will be a limited production run. It will use its manufacturing and technological expertise to produce this more environmentally-progressive equipment to fuel the future of road transport.

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The Grand Tour's "Sand Job," Nothing to See Here, I'm Afraid

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Our presenters are challenged to see if they can complete this partial route of a thing that doesn’t exist anymore in production convertibles which have been modified by unseen experts somewhere. To that end, Clarkson selects a Jaguar F-Type V6 S convertible, Hammond picks an Aston Martin V12 Volante, and May chooses a Maserati GranCabrio.

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Classic fix: Heritage cars reborn with new electric powertrains | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Among the most celebrated and revered cars in British automotive history include Range Rovers from the Classic Era (1969 to 1994), Bentley Continental S1, S2 and S3s, Jaguar XK120, 140 and 150s (in both coupe, drophead coupe and OTS body-styles), Rolls-Royce Silver Clouds, Phantoms and most recently, Aston Martin DB6s.

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Wrightbus to Design and Build New Bus for London; Delivery Targeted for 2011

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The new bus will incorporate the latest hybrid technology and will be 40% more fuel efficient than conventional diesel buses and 15% more fuel efficient than current London hybrid buses. The second winning whole bus design, from Aston Martin and Foster + Partners, UK. Click to enlarge.

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UK TSB and BIS investing 10M in 16 low-carbon vehicle projects

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Advanced Composites Group Ltd (lead), Aston Martin Lagonda, ABB Robotics, Delta Motorsport, Pentangle Engineering Services. High temperature converters - fast track to increasing the speed of adoption of electric powertrains. Project title Project partners. Affordable COMPosites for Lightweight Car structurEs (ACOMPLICE).

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

Aston Martin DBX PHEV and EV – electrified versions of AM’s first SUV on the cards. Aston Martin Valhalla – AMG V8 engine heavily tweaked by Aston Martin topped off with two electric motors. Hyundai Nexo – hydrogen fuel cell compact SUV will initially be offered for lease only.