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James Bond Is Getting an Electric Aston Martin
Popular Mechanics ^ | March 13, 2019 | Nate Erickson

Posted on 03/14/2019 10:29:42 AM PDT by C19fan

James Bond is not an activist. There's the boozing, the womanizing, the license to kill. More than a few submarines downed in the ocean. That mess on the Russian border couldn't have been good for anybody. But Daniel Craig is not a typical James Bond. And Cary Joji Fukunaga is not a typical director. With that pair teamed up for the next entry in the franchise, we're about to see another side of the British super-spy: Environmentalist. In the still-yet-to-be-named Bond 25, 007 is taking the wheel of a £250,000 all-electric Aston Martin Rapide E, per a report from the Sun. The choice was spearheaded by Fukunaga, a "total tree-hugger," who really wanted to see Bond upping his green credentials.

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To: C19fan

Nothing green about electric cars. Origin of power for most is a coal fired plant. So perhaps the proper term is “coal fired” Aston Martin


41 posted on 03/14/2019 1:50:30 PM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: the_individual2014

And his Bond girl, Maryam d’Abo, was a delight for the eyes.


42 posted on 03/14/2019 3:46:23 PM PDT by Rockingham
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To: C19fan
and Lucas will be his co-pilot
43 posted on 03/14/2019 5:46:35 PM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: C19fan

“Bond Is Getting an Electric Aston Martin”

The Black Widow character rode an electric Harley-Davidson in “Avengers: Age of Ultron” and it was pretty dang cool.


44 posted on 03/14/2019 9:48:58 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (NRT, New Rome Tacitus, just don't call me late to dinner.)
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To: C19fan

Bond with a British electric car. Hmm. Probably the first Brit car that won’t leak oil...


45 posted on 03/14/2019 11:39:24 PM PDT by 43north (Its hard to stop a man when he knows he's right and he keeps coming.)
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