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Aston Martin Racing partnering with Hanergy Global Solar to explore solar cells to power AC in FIA WEC GT racers

Green Car Congress

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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4 Classic Car Relaunches Transforming the EV Landscape

Clean Fleet Report

1970 Aston Martin Heritage EV Anyone who loves British cars can get excited about the new Aston Martin Heritage EV. metric tons of CO 2 emitted by gas-powered cars so you can drive without worrying about the environment. Its fully charged battery will carry you 300 miles while you lounge on its wool-lined seats.

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Yokohama Tire providing tires using sustainable materials for Pikes Peak Climb

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Supplying these tires for use at this year’s event will provide Yokohama Rubber with new knowledge about the tires’ performance in harsh hill-climb conditions and further accelerate its development of technologies that will reduce tires’ burden on the environment. competing in the Pikes Peak Open Division.

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H2 dual-fuel system company Alset Global joins Hydrogen London

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Alset Global launched its Hybrid Hydrogen technology in May at the ADAC Zurich 24 Hours of Nürburgring race, in Germany, where the system was fitted to an Aston Martin Rapide S race car. Earlier post.). It made history as the first hydrogen car to complete a lap of an internationally-sanctioned motor race.

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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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Lucid CEO shares take on next-gen EVs: “The electric car of the future only needs 250 miles”

Teslarati

Just recently, Lucid and Aston Martin signed a deal that would see the American automaker supply powertrain components to the British sports car company. That’s what we need to make a $25,000 car and that’s what the environment and the world needs urgently to get masses into electric cars. You need the $25,000 car.

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How Generative AI Helped Me Imagine a Better Robot

Cars That Think

For Aston Martin’s DBR22 concept car, designers relied on AI that’s integrated into Divergent Technologies ’ digital 3D software to optimize the shape and layout of the rear subframe components. Aston Martin says that this method substantially reduced the weight of the components while maintaining their rigidity.