Dan Carney has been an automotive contributor to Popular Science since 1998. Along the way he’s charted the evolution of electric vehicle technology from costly, impractical science projects to vehicles that are now on the brink of mainstream market acceptance.
ArticleBody:Slithering through the muck at the off-road driving course for the Gleneagles resort in Dunblane, Scotland, the 2025 Aston Martin DBX707 applied just the right amount of its 697 horsepower and 664 lb.-ft. of torque through its computer-controlled all-wheel drive system to confidently traverse the hilly fields and slippery stream crossings.
1-second 0-60 mph acceleration, according to chief engineer Andy Tokley. “The real big improvement for us was the wet clutch aiding the acceleration performance of the car,” he says. “In a wet clutch, unlike in a torque converter, you’re able to hold it fully open, hold the RPM up to build inertia and also start to build torque and boost. When you close that wet clutch, it gives you a very, very dramatic pull-away in the car.
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