Aston Martin plans electric car with Chinese group

British car-maker teams up with Faraday Future backer to create a battery-powered version of the Rapide four-door

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Aston Martin is to develop and put an electric car into production by 2018 after teaming up with the LeEco, the Chinese backer of the US electric car start-up Faraday Future.

The two companies will work on a new version of the Rapide four-door called the RapidE, revealed towards the end of 2015, followed by a string of "next generation connected electric vehicles".

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