It's Official: An All-Electric Aston Martin Is Going Into Production
Over a year and a half since Aston Martin revealed its all-electric RapidE concept, Gaydon has finally confirmed a production version.
Details are fairly limited right now, but we do know that it’ll be based on the hot Rapide AMR, and limited to just 155 units which will be built in 2019. Aston Martin is promising the car will “deliver four-door sports car looks and dynamics of the Rapide S,” but will an all-electric drivetrain replacing the 5.9-litre V12.
It’ll be developed in collaboration with Williams Advanced Engineering, and although there’s no talk of power figures just yet, we’re expecting it to be at least as powerful as the 552bhp Rapide S. When the concept was released, Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer touted the idea of an 800 - 1000bhp, range-topping ‘performance’ version.
Speaking about the production RapidE, Palmer said:
“RapidE represents a sustainable future in which Aston Martin’s values of seductive style and supreme performance don’t merely co-exist alongside a new zero-emission powertrain, but are enhanced by it.”
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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At least it has a grill-E.
Well an Aston gotta have its grille now doesn’t it :)
welp 800-1000hp! aston has gone extreme!
aston without v12 is like man without……never mind
Wow
“My name is Bond, James Bond.”
Read this is a electric voice now.
An electric Aston Martin sounds like having sex with a woman who happens to be tranquilised mattress… where’s the fun in that? :/
It will notbe the same
Atleast it still looks ASTONishing
Do I have to shout the E to differentiate it from the Rapide?
Can’t they just stick an electric motor in the Cygnet and say “There we are we’re now eco”
That’d be a waste of time, since the only thing EVs do well are massive torque and all that.
Dammit Aston