Green Car Reports

JUNE 26, 2023

Aston Martin on Monday announced a supply agreement and long-term strategic partnership with California’s Lucid Group, through which Lucid will provide the UK performance-car maker with “select powertrain components” for upcoming electric vehicles.

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OCTOBER 19, 2018

TenCate Advanced Composites, a leading global developer and manufacturer of advanced composite materials, and Aston Martin announced a technical partnership for the Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar program. This technical partnership is the first advanced composite material partnership for Aston Martin.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 23, 2021

An Aston Martin electric car due in 2025 will replace one of the automaker's current front-engine sports cars, CEO Tobias Moers said in an interview with Automotive News Europe (subscription required) published Tuesday.

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MAY 25, 2023

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.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 23, 2021

Aston Martin unveils its electric car strategy, with an electric sports car planned for 2025. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Owners of the 2017-2019 Chevy Bolt face more confusing guidance from GM. At least 70% of EV battery packs are made in the U.S.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 14, 2022

Aston Martin last week announced a partnership with Britishvolt to develop new battery technology. The goal is to create batteries for a planned "ultra-luxury performance EV," Aston said in a press release. Aston's previous EV, a track.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Aston Martin plans to electrify up to 20% of its lineup in the next few years. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Ford is betting on commercial vehicles, affordability, and supporting a new business model as it goes electric. And Volvo is keeping motor development in-house.

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APRIL 21, 2019

Last week at China’s Auto Shanghai motor show, Aston Martin Lagonda revealed the final production-ready iteration of its first all-electric production car, the Rapide E. This includes the ability to drive a full lap of the Nürburgring with no performance derating of the battery or the motors.

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OCTOBER 4, 2019

This fuel will be evaluated at Hockenheim by Audi and Aston Martin in the race-taxis used during the weekend support program for competition winners, VIPs and prominent guests for unique, high-speed passenger rides.

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JUNE 27, 2017

Aston Martin confirmed that the all-electric RapidE ( earlier post ) will enter production in 2019 in a limited run of 155 units. In 2016, Aston Martin and China-based technology company LeEco had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) towards the creation of a partnership to develop a production version of the RapidE concept.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Wealthy buyers looking for an electric Aston Martin may not have to wait until the brand's new Rapide E performance car—at least not previous owners who may already have an old Aston Martin laying around. Aston Martin mounts its.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Aston Martin will use Mercedes-Benz powertrain tech as part of an expanded agreement between the two automakers announced last week. In an interview with Automotive News published Sunday, Aston Martin CEO Tobias Moers explained what this means on the product level: that it will allow the automaker to electrify 20% of its fleet by 2024.

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JULY 26, 2013

Mercedes-AMG GmbH, a 100% subsidiary and the high performance brand of Daimler AG, and Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd. Essential elements of the planned partnership are supply agreements between Mercedes-AMG, Mercedes-Benz Cars and Aston Martin. Aston Martin Product Development Director Ian Minards.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The launch customer for Hyperbat batteries is the Aston Martin Rapide E, which will be a limited production run. The move has been welcomed by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy as a significant step forward in the UK’s contribution to reducing carbon emissions.

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OCTOBER 21, 2015

Aston Martin unveiled a fully electric concept of its Rapide S four-door sports sedan outside Lancaster House in London—the venue for a meeting between Their Royal Highnesses Prince William, Duke of Cambridge; Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and President of The People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping.

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JUNE 14, 2014

Aston Martin Racing is partnering with Beijing-based Hanergy Global Solar to explore the use of thin film solar panels to improve GT race car performance at the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), starting with the 24 Hours of Le Mans this weekend. —Aston Martin Racing’s Team Principal John Gaw.

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DECEMBER 19, 2013

Daimler AG and Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd. have signed an agreement for a significant technical partnership between Daimler, Mercedes-AMG GmbH, a 100% subsidiary and high-performance brand of German automotive corporation Daimler AG, and Aston Martin.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 17, 2019

Introducing the latest, kinder, gentler, reportedly less misogynistic Bond: James Bond, and his new all-electric Aston Martin RapideE, which will appear in the new movie with the working title. To chase down criminals in a new carbon-constrained era, Agent 007 will need a new kind of Q Ship.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2016

China-based technology company LeEco and Aston Martin have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) towards the creation of a partnership that will develop a production version of the Aston Martin RapidE electric vehicle concept—a fully electric version of the Rapide S four-door sports sedan. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 15, 2019

The ultra-exclusive Aston Martin Rapide E was revealed in production-ready form today at the Shanghai auto show. It’s seen by Aston concurrently as a path into electric cars as well as another in a long line of.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 16, 2014

For future iterations of Le Mans, and other endurance events, Aston Martin''s factory team is investigating a green way to keep its drivers cool under pressure--literally. Aston Martin.'

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

And Aston Martin has hit snooze on EVs in favor of plug-in hybrids. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Ford has detailed how its EVs can charge on the Tesla network. Several EVs are among the safest new vehicles on the market.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 14, 2019

The Aston Martin Rapide E shows up for hot laps in Monaco. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Panasonic says it won't have enough batteries to supply the Tesla Model Y. States consider new fees on EVs. And readers weigh in on which classic EVs they'd like to buy.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 28, 2018

Prior to last weekend’s Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer tweeted a photo of his. Many have debated and some have announced 800-volt electric cars, especially Porsche, with forthcoming versions of its Taycan electric car.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Led by former Nissan Leaf product planner Andy Palmer, Aston Martin plans to launch a new lineup of electric cars under its Lagonda brand. As a trial balloon, it will launch an electric version of its four-door sports sedan under the Aston Martin brand, the Rapide E.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 14, 2019

The Aston Martin Rapide E just made its public debut sitting on a stand at the Shanghai auto show last month, but the company didn't wait long to show it off blasting around a track.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 1, 2023

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending June 30, 2023. Which automakers and charging companies committed to the Tesla NACS connector? Which EV maker announced it’s filed for bankruptcy?

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 6, 2018

The storied British brand Lagonda has been owned for half a century by the tiny maker Aston Martin, best known globally for its connection to James Bond, Agent 007.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 2, 2017

Among electric-car owners and advocates, tiny British sports-car maker Aston Martin has become a company to watch. That's largely due to its CEO for the last few years, Andy Palmer, who had previously led product development at Nissan while it launched the Leaf electric car.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 16, 2019

Aston Martin revealed the production version of its first electric car, the Rapide E, while California startup electric-carmaker Karma rolled out its updated Revero GT and a new Pininfarina GT Coupe in Shanghai. Tesla announced a new battery recycling facility at its Nevada Gigafactory.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Today, Aston Martin partners with Chinese electronics company LeEco on electric-car development, the Environmental Protection Agency says new emissions rules won't target race cars, and a look inside Tesla's Fremont, California, electric-car plant. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 12, 2013

Aston Martins evoke images of racing success and James Bond, but green technology hasn''t often been at the top of the company''s agenda. Times change though, and next month the British luxury automaker will field a hybrid hydrogen Rapide S race car in the ADAC Zurich 24 Hours of Nürburgring endurance race.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 27, 2017

Today, the Aston Martin Rapide is expected to go all-electric in 2018, the California Air Resources Board reaffirms 2025 emissions standards, and state and federal bills look to ban E15 ethanol fuel. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Catch up on last week's major news with our Week in Reverse feature.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 30, 2013

Aston Martin has achieved its target of completing a racing lap around one of the world''s toughest tracks--on hydrogen fuel. The hydrogen-powered Aston Martin Rapide S made its debut at a four-hour ADAC ACAS H&R-Cup VLN series race, at the infamous Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit in Germany.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 31, 2015

There are certain carmakers you just don''t hear discussed very often on Green Car Reports, and Aston Martin is one of them. The legendary British carmaker may be the favorite of James Bond, but its current lineup of V-8 and V-12 sports cars just isn''t very green. Sports Cars Andy Palmer plug-in cars'

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Green Cars News

MAY 7, 2020

The Aston Martin DBX has arrived and is now available to lease if you have a spare £2,000-plus a month

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Today on Green Car Reports: Fisker Automotive has a buyer, the Scion iQ-based Aston Martin Cygnet minicar is dead, and the Nissan ZEOD electric race car is fully revealed. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Fisker Automotive was sold to a Hong Kong investor group. No word yet on any plans to restart production.

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