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Aston Martin's future gas-only cars will be limited

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Aston Martin's future lineup will be electrified, but there will still be a space, albeit a small one, for cars powered purely by gasoline. In a report outlining its 2020 financial results published in March, Aston Martin said that by 2030 it expects just 5% of its sales to be gas-only cars, and that these will be limited to track-only models like the V-12-powered Vulcan launched in 2015. For the remaining 95% of sales, Aston Martin said its goal is to have this figure split 50% electric vehicles and 45% hybrids. Aston Martin's first EV will arrive in 2025, Chairman Lawrence Stroll revealed in a March interview. He said Aston Martin has already drawn up plans for an SUV and sports car with electric power, with the sports car possibly a successor to the DB11. The automaker's first plug-in hybrid will be a variant of the DBX SUV. It will arrive in 2023, CEO Tobias Moers said during an investor presentation held in February. Aston Martin also plans to use mild-hybrid powertrai

2020 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque

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Dynamically designed and arrestingly attractive, the Range Rover Evoque has won plenty of praise since its 2012 debut, even though it may not be the best driving experience in small premium SUV segment. Land Rover will look to improve on the formula with a redesigned Evoque scheduled for a reveal in London on November 22. The world debut will take place at the 2018 Los Angeles auto show the following week. To build excitement, Land Rover has parked a handful of brightly colored wire form structures depicting the new Evoque in some of London's most popular spots. Some readers will recall the automaker did the same for the current Evoque Convertible back in 2015. We've spied prototypes on a number of occasions, with the testers revealing that only evolutionary styling is in store for the new Evoque. Refinement levels are expected to get a boost thanks to a more aerodynamic body, though. And this time around only a five-door body style is expected. Underneath the sheet metal will