Tag: Aston Martin
Aston Martin announces Lucid partnership for luxury, high performance EVs
Aston Martin today hits the accelerator on its ambition to create the world’s most thrilling and highly desirable electric performance cars, with the formation of a new supply agreement with electric vehicle technologies company, Lucid Group. The proposed agreement announced this morning to the London Stock Exchange will see Lucid, a world-leader in the design…
Aston Martin announces Bowers & Wilkins as official audio partner
Aston Martin drivers will be able to enjoy the newly developed Bowers & Wilkins Surround Sound System in their cars for the first time, as the two British brands announce an audio partnership. Bowers & Wilkins’ and Aston Martin’s engineering teams have worked together to develop an optional surround sound system upgrade for the new…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Apple to crack down on AirTag misuse
Apple plans to introduce a number of changes to make it harder to misuse AirTags to track someone. The button-sized devices are designed to work with Apple's 'Find My' network to locate lost items. The company said its changes to the device will make suspicious tags easier to find, and alert users earlier that an…
Aston Martin searches increase 75% with No Time To Die release
Searches for Aston Martin cars on Auto Trader, the UK’s digital marketplace for new and used cars, spiked with an increase of 75% following the release of No Time to Die over the weekend. Cinemagoers looking to fuel their Bond fantasy caused a surge in views for classic Aston Martins, with the top three most viewed classic cars over the past week being two DB5s…
Tech Digest daily round up: Aston Martin pledges electric future to UK
Luxury car giant Aston Martin has pledged to manufacture all of its electric cars in the UK from 2025. As first reported in the Financial Times, owner Lawrence Stroll said all of its battery sports cars will be made at its plant in Gaydon, Warwickshire. Its electric SUV models will be made at St Athan in…
Brits aim to own dream car by ‘age of 47’
Brits won't own their dream car until they are 47 but it must be a black sports car - preferably an Audi or Aston Martin. A study of 2,000 drivers found many know what they want, but most will have to wait before making the dream a reality, owning more practical or affordable alternatives in…
Flying cars: just how close are they to reality?
Image: Samson Switchblade Research from comparison and switching site Uswitch has revealed the flying cars closest to reality, our attitudes to the emerging tech and 5 designs which are coming soon... 1. A first-generation flying car could cost as little as £95,000 Although some may not look like the technology…
Aston Martin opens online shop including iPhone cases and DB10 ‘Spectre’ models
Aston Martin crazy, but can't afford one of the prestige cars? Then how about checking out the Aston Martin online shop which has just opened its virtual doors at shop.astonmartin.com. For anyone looking for Aston Martin Racing team wear they can now head over to the Ready-to-Wear section where they will find not only team…
Aston Martin partners with Red Bull for V8, V12 Vantage S models inspired by Formula 1
Aston Martin partners with Red Bull for V8, V12 Vantage S models inspired by Formula 1
Opinion: Why it's now COOL to be a GEEK
Jonathan Weinberg writes…
This is possibly the most important techno story I’ve seen all week, it’s officially ok to be geeky. A new list of the UK’s most coolest brands has been released and the top 10 contains SEVEN firms related to gadgets, gaming and the internet. So if that’s not a reason to embrace your virtual friends and give thanks I don’t know what is.
The iPod was only pipped into second place in the CoolBrands 2007 by James Bond’s favourite car, the Aston Martin, and you could argue there’s something geeky about being a fan of that motor. No longer is it nerdy to be geeky – because both are different…