Or maybe that’s “aluminium”. . .

By Gary S. Vasilash

The starting price of an Aston Martin is on the order of $144,000.

Just as its buyers are well-heeled, one might imagine that the company itself is, as well.

But no OEM can’t use some additional funding, particularly in the area of R&D.

Aston Martin has been awarded £6 million of UK Government funding.

The grant, which is going through the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) UK, is for the development of lightweight, 100% recycled aluminum castings to be used in future Aston Martin vehicles.

Explains Roberto Fedeli, Group Chief Technology Officer of Aston Martin:

“The award of funding from the APC is a major boost to Project PIVOT, which seeks to leverage advanced metal solidification and digital-twin simulations to manufacture low-carbon alloys which will ultimately uplift the level of recycled content we feature in Aston Martin models.”

Presumably whatever it is that the company comes up with will be shared with other British OEMs.

After all, £6 million of government money is, well, £6 million of government money.