Lamborghini has decided to electrify its range by first introducing plug-in-hybrid models of the existing lineup and then going fully electric with their fourth new model. The fully gasoline-powered models will cease in 2024. The plan was introduced by Lamborghini CEO Stefan Winkelmann during an event in Italy.
“This is a big challenge for the company, but it’s also good news for all of us,” Winkelmann said when we interviewed him by video link, “we want to keep the DNA of the brand unchanged, but we want to reduce the emissions by at least 50 percent starting from 2025 onward.”
Don’t worry, Lamborghinis are not going to ditch the sound and fury they are famous for. Winkelmann validated that the Aventador will still use the same old powerplant as well as a battery pack.
“The follow-up to the Aventador will still be a V-12, so the sound issue is not going to be something we need to take care of because the engine will still be there, and it will have the right sound,” he added.
“We want to have a new model line in the second half of this decade,” Winkelmann said. “It cannot cannibalize what we have today, but my dream is to have the best of two worlds, to try to have a car which is a four-seater two-door like the GT cars of the Fifties and Sixties.”
One thing is very clear: Lamborghini wants to go all-electric in the future.
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