The pairing of Aston Martin and Lucid is unusual, but it just could work.

There is a likelihood that Geely will purchase the British company; • It seems that AMG is ending its cooperation

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with Aston Martin. The perfect pairing would be the American electric vehicle (EV) business Lucid.

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The friendship-with-perks partnership between Aston Martin and AMG is disintegrating. Former AMG CEO Tobias Moers lost his job

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as CEO of Aston the year before, and the temporary R&D satellite he had set up in Affalterbach, just across the street from AMG, was

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shut down before it could even get started. The older Mercedes-Benz infotainment system generation

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and AMG engines remain the British manufacturer's only options. Mercedes-Benz will honour all

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contracts and fulfil its responsibilities to Aston until the last of its gas-powered vehicles is retired in 2026

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of traffic: one coming from the left and one coming from the right. Teslas have become adept at doing this manoeuvre after first finding it difficult.

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