Aston Martin to introduce electric sports car and SUV in 2025
The British brand will build a pair of electric models on its home turf in 2025, its biggest shareholder has confirmed.
Aston Martin will commence production of an all-electric sports car and SUV in the UK in 2025.
The news was broken by Aston Martin chairman and shareholder Lawrence Stroll in an interview with the Financial Times, with the "battery sports car and... sport utility vehicle" to be produced at the British brand's sites in Gaydon, England and St Athan, Wales respectively.
While a final decision on the vehicles' powertrains has yet to be made, Stroll suggested the new electric models could employ technology from Mercedes-Benz, given its parent company Daimler holds a 20 per cent stake in Aston Martin – though "all options" are under consideration.
Prior to the EVs' launches, Automotive News reports a mild-hybrid version of the DBX sports SUV will debut in the third quarter of 2021, with a plug-in hybrid variant to follow in 2023.
The electrified SUVs will be preceded by the F1-derived, V12-powered Valkyrie hypercar in the second half of 2021, and joined by the mid-engined Vanquish and Valhalla in the second half of 2023.
Despite the introduction of a pair of zero-emission models, and an onslaught of hybrid vehicles, the British sports car specialist won't ditch combustion-only performance cars just yet, with petrol-only models to reportedly remain available far into the 2030s – despite a sales ban on such vehicles in Aston's home market in 2030.
Last week, the brand announced 90 per cent of its portfolio would feature all-electric or plug-in hybrid power by 2030, with all new product launches in 2024 to be electrified.
Pictured at bottom: Aston Martin's first electric vehicle, the Rapide E, which was axed before it reached production.
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