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Aston Martin partners with Henley Royal Regatta

DB11 Volante on display at the Henley Royal Regatta
Demonstrations of the wings badge manufacturing process
Over 300 races of international competition across five days

03 July 2019, Henley: Aston Martin will once again be an official partner of the Henley Royal Regatta, which will be taking place from 3rd until the 7th of July. One of the most quintessentially British events in the summer calendar, Henley Royal Regatta attracts thousands of visitors every year to one of the most prestigious events in rowing.
Delighted to be a partner of the regatta for the third consecutive year, Aston Martin is featuring the DB11 Volante throughout the event. Skilled craftsmen from Vaughtons, the makers of Aston Martin badges, will be on-hand to demonstrate how the iconic wings are formed from a single piece of sheet metal into a glorious enamelled and chrome plated badge. Produced in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter each wings badge takes twenty hours to manufacture by hand. A sign of quality fo..

Aston Martin Residences begins its ascent

Aston Martin Residences, a G&G luxury residential development, starts to rise into the Miami skyline
Half of the luxury apartments already sold ahead of 2022 completion

5 August 2019, Miami, FL: Aston Martin Residences at 300 Biscayne Boulevard Way in Miami has begun its ascent into the Miami skyline after completing the vital foundation works. When it is completed in 2022, the highly-anticipated luxury residential tower in Downtown Miami, created by G&G Business Developments, will become the tallest residential building south of New York City.
The new development broke ground in late 2017 and since then the painstaking work of creating the foundations for the 818-foot condominium tower has taken place. On June 30th 2019, a huge concrete pour was completed, distributing the 14,000 cubic yards of concrete that would create the necessary base to sustain the 66-storey tower.
German Coto, CEO of G&G Business Developments said: “It is always exciting when a project reaches this stage. Ver..

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Rivian fast charging, Volkswagen electrics, Trump vs GM: The Week in Reverse

2020 Mercedes-Benz EQC
Which upcoming electric car has a battery pack engineered to be upgraded to 800 volts?

What company plans to do more serious marketing of electric cars' strengths?

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending December 21, 2018.

This week contained a mix of news about upcoming faster electric-car charging and the effects of more automakers getting more serious about selling electric cars. The green car world was not without political and business setbacks, however.

EVgo 350-kw DC fast-charge station, Baker, Calif.

Two of the biggest charging networks in the U.S. announced plans and actions to open new ultra-fast 350-kilowatt DC fast chargers. Electrify America got plans approved in California to start the second phase of building out its nationwide fast charge network, as required under the Volkswagen legal settlement.

Competitor EVgo announced that it has opened its first ultra-fast 350-kilowatt charging station between LA and Las Vegas. Such 350-kw charging stations can refill up to about 200 miles of range in a long-range electric car in 20 minutes or less.

Rivian R1T electric pickup concept

The cars capable of charging that fast aren't yet on the market, but a wide-ranging interview with the founder and CEO of Michigan-based electric-car startup Rivian revealed that the company has engineered its upcoming trucks to be upgraded to the 800-volt battery pack that 350-kw charging will require.

2019 Nio ES6

Those new electric cars are coming, though. The first 800-volt electric cars, the Porsche Taycan, Audi e-tron GT, and Aston Martin Rapide-E, are expected to arrive late next year.

Chinese electric startup Nio introduced its second, more affordable, electric SUV, the ES6 this week. It's not clear, however, whether it will have an 800-volt battery capable of charging at 350-kw.

Another Chinese automaker, Qiantu, announced plans to bring its new sports car to the U.S. through Mullen, the California company that holds the rights to sell Coda electric cars here.

2020 Volkswagen ID Neo spy shots

In all, electric-car sales have taken off, and hit a milestone, reaching 1 million sales in the U.S. in November, with half of those in California.

Nissan, the original electric-car leader, aims to get even more electric cars on the road by amping up its marketing of electric advantages: smooth, silent power and low operating costs. The company also renewed plans to introduce a new electric crossover SUV that may be more attractive to American car buyers.

Kia released prices for its upcoming Kona electric crossover vehicle. And VW released video of its upcoming ID hatchback testing in South Africa and hinted it might build a new electric beach buggy.

Donald Trump

Not all was rosy on the plug-in car sales front, though. After GM announced that it would kill the Chevy Volt, and lay off 15,000 workers, it announced 50 additional layoffs at the factory that builds battery packs for the Volt, throwing hope for a successor to the car into doubt. Still, GM maintains that it is committed to building electric cars. For that, President Trump took to Twitter to excoriate the company. “All-electric is not going to work,” he tweeted.

MWI microwave ignition module

Perhaps President Trump would be happier with a plan by former Porsche CEO to promote a new technology to make gas cars cleaner and almost as efficient as diesel, microwave ignition to replace spark plugs.

Meanwhile, German automakers are dramatically ramping up their purchases of battery supplies for electric cars.

And a new analysis of Trump's proposal to freeze fuel-economy increases by the Consumer Federation of America shows that rolling back the standards will make driving less affordable for the citizens who can least afford it and who depend on it the most.

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Truckmaker Volvo builds safety stockpiles to prepare for no-deal Brexit

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s AB Volvo (VOLVb.ST) has triggered its hard Brexit contingency plans, with the truckmaker building “safety stock” with its British dealers and considering alternative shipping routes to minimise disruption. FILE PHOTO: A worker holds a component for a Volvo truck at the Muller manufacturing facility in Redditch, Britain August 28, 2018. REUTERS/Darren… Continue reading Truckmaker Volvo builds safety stockpiles to prepare for no-deal Brexit

EVgo launches first public 350-kw fast charger

EVgo 350-kw DC fast-charge station, Baker, Calif.
The desert is full of apparitions. The latest is a high-powered DC fast charger for electric cars that don't yet exist.

This apparition is an EVgo charging station in Baker, California, the “Gateway to Death Valley” on Interstate 40, halfway between L.A. and Las Vegas, installed last week.

DON'T MISS: Porsche already has a prototype that will charge faster than its 350-kw Taycan

The new station is equipped with every electric-car charging buzzword, including a solar canopy—both to collect 20 kilowatts of energy from the blazing desert sun and to shield drivers from it—battery storage, and fast charging that can reach speeds of up to 350 kilowatts—a speed no electric cars yet on the market can handle.

A 350-kw DC fast charger can replenish about 240 miles in a long-range, 300-mile electric car in less than half an hour.

EVgo isn't the only charging network that has begun installing 350-kw fast chargers. Electrify America installed one two weeks ago in Livermore, in northern California. Ionity, a charging network in Europe supported by that continent's major automakers, has installed several in Germany. Porsche and BMW even opened a 450-kw demonstration site in Dresden last week.

READ MORE: Porsche's 800-Volt fast charging for electric cars: why it matters

Cars designed to use such fast chargers include the upcoming Porsche Taycan electric, its corporate stablemate the Audi e-tron GT, the Aston Martin Rapide-E, and some new cars from startup electric carmakers, such as the Lucid Air. None are on the market, but the Porsche, Audi, and Aston Martin are expected to be delivered to customers within two years.

The 350-kw fast charger can also slow down to speeds that today's cars can accept.

CHECK OUT: Electrify America switches on the first 350 KW fast charging station in Chicopee, Mass.

Along with the super-fast charger are two 50-kw DC fast chargers, and one new 150-kw and 175-kw station each. All have both CHAdeMO and CCS Combo plugs.

All five chargers at the site are connected to 88 kilowatt-hours of second-life batteries from BMW i3s which store power from the solar panels for use when cars need to charge. The station is similar to a smaller one that EVgo installed in a University of California, San Diego pilot project, though that station does not include a 350-kw charger.