Aston Martin has progressed its plans to supply electrical efficiency vehicles with a brand new provide settlement with automobile applied sciences firm, Lucid Group.
The proposed settlement introduced this morning to the London Inventory Trade would see Lucid provide Aston Martin with electrical automobile applied sciences.
Entry to Lucid’s present and future powertrain and battery expertise shall be on the centre of Aston Martin’s all-new in-house Battery Electrical Automobile (BEV) platform.
Aston Martin’s electrification programme types a pillar of the model’s wider Racing. Inexperienced. sustainability technique and can see an funding of over £2bln in superior applied sciences over the subsequent 5 years, with funding phasing from ICE to BEV expertise.
Lawrence Stroll, government chairman of Aston Martin, stated: “The availability settlement with Lucid is a recreation changer for the long run EV-led progress of Aston Martin. Primarily based on our technique and necessities, we chosen Lucid, having access to the business’s highest efficiency and most revolutionary applied sciences for our future BEV merchandise.
“We won’t solely leverage the numerous investments Lucid has made to develop its world-class applied sciences, however can even additional improve and differentiate the drive expertise via the work Roberto Fedeli and his groups are already creating, aligned with our ultra-luxury, high-performance technique.
“Together with Mercedes-Benz, we now have two world-class suppliers to assist the interior growth and investments we’re making to ship our electrification technique. With the not too long ago introduced long-term partnership with Geely, we can even acquire the chance to entry their vary of applied sciences and elements, in addition to their deep experience of the important thing strategic market of China.
“Total, as we speak’s announcement is an extra vital step in direction of delivering our ambition for Aston Martin.”
