Aston Martin is the next automaker to electrify everything
With countries starting to give the non-electric car an end date, some automakers are starting to do the same.
British sports car firm Aston Martin will go completely hybrid by 2025, its CEO Andy Palmer told Financial Times on Tuesday. His statement comes about a month after the United Kingdom announced it would ban sales of gasoline and diesel cars in 2040 and nearly two months after the French government said it would do the same.
Palmer says Aston Martin will develop its own technology for its electrified vehicles, from electric cells purchased somewhere other than the United Kingdom. Making just a few thousand high-end cars a year and recovering…