Aston Martin Cygnet may sport electric motor

and the Audi e-Tron on the horizon and manufacturers like Rolls Royce open to the idea of battery power, there would be no stigma in Aston Martin offering an electric Cygnet.

Why would the Cygnet go electric?

Various factors point towards the possibility of an electric-powered Cygnet.

The technology is viable (the car is similar in size to the electric version of the Smart car, which is currently being assessed on British roads); the Cygnet will be available only to existing Aston Martin owners (an electric vehicles works well as a second car and seems to fit Aston’s description of the Cygnet as a ‘supercar tender’); the inclusion of an electric car within the Aston Martin model range would help it meet tough CO2 emissions regulations.

A spokesperson for the Environmental Transport Association ( ETA ) said: “Binding EU targets for car CO2 emissions agreed last December include ‘super credits’ that would enable Aston Martin to sell up to 3.5 of its supercars for every electric vehicle it sold and still reach its official EU target. The effect of this is that carmakers that choose to market electric cars to meet EU targets would have to do less to reduce emissions of conventional cars.”

The Cygnet captured on film, but could it go electric? The Aston Martin Cygnet A luxury city car The Cygnet appears only fleetingly towards the end of this promotional film – no mention is made of its drive train…