It did happen before customers delivered.
The Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar is a beast. The naturally-aspirated, 6.5-liter Cosworth-built V12 can crank up to 11,000 rpm and can also produce 1,160 horsepower (865kilowatts) with a hybrid boost. It can reach 60 mph (97 km/h) in just three seconds. It is limited to 150 units and costs more than $3 million per unit. The Valkyrie Pro is a more serious, track-only edition that’s limited at 40 units.
The stoppage was quickly explained by Lawrence Stroll, chairman of Aston Martin. He explained that the problem was caused by an “electrical glitch” that involved a “PS5 component between the low voltage and high voltage batteries that decided to not work at that time.” This is approximately $7 at the current exchange rate.
Stroll stated that the problem was not present during testing and that they are happy it did. This implies that it wasn’t an issue with a customer-owned vehicle.
However, the company’s customer delivery schedule is not affected by a mistake made during its public debut. Its deliveries are scheduled to begin in Q4 2021. Stroll stated that Aston Martin would be delivering cars as promised.
“Our first cars will roll out at the factory exactly as planned,” he said. This is what I had promised five months ago. He added that it was on schedule.