UKAston Martin will not launch its first battery-electric car before 2033, chief executive Adrian Hallmark told Autocar: “It could be 2035, it might be 2033, but it’s in that three-year window. It’s not 2031.”
The date has moved several times. When it signed its supply deal with Lucid in 2023, Aston Martin planned its first EV for 2025; the date later moved to 2026 and then to 2030. Hallmark described the company as “not BEV deniers but BEV delayers”, and said it would build electric cars when legislation in some markets requires them, shortly before 2035.
The V8 and V12 stay
Hallmark said Aston Martin has a roadmap to keep both its V8 and its V12 “alive and compliant” through to 2035. Both will get hybrid assistance, he said, probably not as plug-in hybrids: “we don’t need the 200kg penalties”. Aston Martin revealed the Valen, a 150-car V12 special, in August 2026. Mercedes-Benz remains the partner for powertrains and electronics, and Hallmark said that relationship is being deepened.
The Lucid agreement
The deal with Lucid gives Aston Martin access to Lucid’s electric powertrain and battery technology, with a minimum spend of $225 million on Lucid components set when it was signed in 2023. It remains in force. Hallmark said the technology Aston Martin takes up when it activates the agreement will be “significantly different” from what was planned when it was signed. Current EV spending is limited to research and evaluation.
