Aston Martin has acknowledged that next-generation versions of the DB11 and Vantage will be all-electric.
The British car manufacturer is in the midst of electrifying its line-up and will soon commence customer deliveries of the hybrid Valkyrie hypercar. In addition, the DBX will soon be updated with a plug-in hybrid variant, while the forthcoming Valhalla and Vanquish mid-engined supercars will also be hybrids.
During a recent interview with Auto News, Aston Martin chief executive Tobias Moers confirmed that the automaker’s current range of front-engine sports cars will be all-electric.
“The succession of our traditional sports segment has to be full electric, no doubt,” he said.
Moers said that the brand’s first full-electric sports car will go on sale in 2025, meaning the DB11 and Vantage will survive longer than initially anticipated. After this model launches, Aston Martin will release an all-electric SUV as the company looks to make 50 per cent of its lineup all-electric by 2030.
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In this new era for Aston Martin, its mid-engined models will be the final cars it builds with internal combustion engines. Moers added that the brand’s electric vehicles will have a range of at least 372 miles (600 km).
Helping Aston Martin achieve its electrification goals is its technical partnership with Daimler which was deepened last year and has already led to confirmation that the Valhalla will use a 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V8 from Mercedes-AMG.
Despite the shift to electric vehicles, Moers doesn’t think electrification will dilute the brand.
“How you experience the brand, the customer journeys. These are the things that are going to make the difference,” he said. “It will be about the experience, the driving dynamics, how we are going to serve our customers.”
