Mexican Media Brands
Aston Martin, Mercedes AMG Partner on Engines, Electronics
Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd. and Daimler AG's Mercedes-AMG unit have agreed to partner on powertrains and technology.
#electronics
Share
Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd. and Daimler AG's Mercedes-AMG unit have agreed to partner on powertrains and technology.
The companies expect to finalize the alliance by year-end. Under the deal, Aston Martin will receive engines from Mercedes-AMG and electric and electronic components from Daimler's Mercedes-Benz Cars unit.
In exchange, Daimler will acquire 5% of Aston Martin in several steps over an unspecified period as the partnership develops. Daimler also will be given "observer status" on Aston Martin's board.
Aston Martin said in January it was looking for a partner to co-develop high-performance engines. The company also had been in extended talks with Daimler about producing the next-generation Maybach ultra-luxury car for the German carmaker, but those discussions ended abruptly in late 2011.
RELATED CONTENT
-
Honda Re-Imagines and Re-Engineers the Ridgeline
When Honda announced the first-generation Ridgeline in 2005, it opened the press release describing the vehicle: “The Honda Ridgeline re-defines what a truck can be with its true half-ton bed payload capability, an interior similar to a full-size truck and the exterior length of a compact truck.” And all that said, people simply couldn’t get over the way there is a diagonal piece, a sail-shaped buttress, between the cab and the box.
-
TRW Multi-Axis Acceleration Sensors Developed
Admittedly, this appears to be nothing more than a plastic molded part with an inserted bolt-shaped metal component.
-
2018 Ford EcoSport: Small Is the New Big
Eric Loeffler, chief program engineer for the 2018 Ford EcoSport, recalls driving home from work one day from the product development center in Brazil where work was underway on developing the vehicle that will be coming to the U.S. in 2018, having been launched in 2003 in South America and is now become available in 140 countries around the world.