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Aston Martin Project AM310 (2012) first pictures

This is Aston Martin's Project AM310. It's been created to preview the marque's upcoming successor to its sporting DBS flagship - now revealed by CAR as the 2012 Vanquish Mk2. Click here to read CAR's new scoop of the Vanquish - we've got the first picture of the V12 sporting a Vanquish badge.  Tell me more about the Aston Martin AM310...

Feds researching fire risks from EV batteries, regulator says

Federal safety regulators have begun an $8.75 million study of whether lithium ion batteries in electric vehicles pose a potential fire hazard, officials said Thursday. Kevin Vincent, chief counsel of the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, said researchers are looking at whether the high-voltage batteries can cause fires when they are being charged and when the vehicles are in an accident.

Lotus secures more funding, but five-year plan is dead

The five-car, five-year plan for Lotus developed under Dany Bahar is dead, according to an Autocar report. But rumor has it that the sexy Esprit concept could be revived at a low cost. Tan Sri Mohd Khamil Jamil, managing director of the company that owns Lotus parent company Proton, DRB, confirmed that the company sold 70 cars in the U.K.