This morning – I was on BBC Radio Nottingham. Invited to talk about Electric Cars. Not any old electric cars, but the new one that James Bond will be driving.
That’s right – James (Yes! – I know that not his real name…but just stay with me on this…) has realised, he needs to get with the times – and upgrade his Aston. And he’s gone and done that… He’ll be driving the new Aston Martin Rapide E.
It can do 0-60 in under 4 seconds. Has 2 motors at the back whopping out 600 horsepower! Top speed of 155mph and a range of 200 miles. Impressive?
A price tag of £250,000 puts it slightly out of reach for me, unfortunately.
A very desirable motor. And can we see more electric cars in films?
I think so! – It’s the future!! – Not long ago, I blogged about the new Audi E-tron which was about £80k… and there’s more and more fully electric cars being made available.
Also, the infrastructure is improving vastly. More charging points. Quicker charge batteries…. but the most important thing is how clean and green a fully electric car is!
Yes – you will need to replace the battery at a certain time – 60,000 miles on some cars… but that’s no different to a cambelt change for a car – which happens, or should – take place around the same mileage. And probably is around the same cost.
In terms of servicing – well, that should be cheaper also! – Mainly because you haven’t got an engine!!!
But more importantly… Mr Bond will be able to catch the bad guy quicker – because the car is quicker!
Just hope the dizzy speeds don’t make him like his drink. Shaken (not stirred).
