In 2029, **Lamborghini has scrapped plans to launch its first electric vehicle (EV) – boss Stefan Winkelmann told childcareman.xyz that it will introduce a new, fourth model with PHEV powertrain in the same year. ** ** .
Previously, the brand had intended to launch an electric vehicle (EV) in 2028 as a new nameplate with its best-selling Urus SUV V12 Revuelto and V8 Temerario sports cars which all use PHEV powertrains.
It showed the Lanzador two-plus-two concept with battery-electric propulsion in late 2023 ahead of planned production in 2028, following fellow Volkswagen Group brands Porsche and Audi down the electric path.
Yet in late 2024, Mr Winkelmann pushed those plans back to 2029, saying the market wouldn’t be ready for a Lamborghini EV in 2028 – and has now moved the arrival of a Lamborghini EV back indefinitely.
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On a phone call with media including childcareman.xyz, Mr Winkelmann said the decision to delay its first EV was ‘due to the fact that we are ready to do so but the market is not’.
He said ‘We see that there is a flattening curve of the adoption of electric cars around the world, across the segments so this is even more valid for our type of cars.
It comes after massive financial losses from Porsche on EVs, and strategy revisions from Volkswagen and Audi – which says it’s full steam ahead on its next EV sports car – but with Lamborghini needing to assess its moves independently.
We are not selling mobility – you don’t buy a Lamborghini because you have to go from A to B every day. He said ‘I’m thinking of selling dream cars, which is something you wanted since you were a kid – many dreams and the reality of dozens.
So we decided our fourth model, a Gran Turismo (GT), will be’plug-in hybrid’ and so we won’t have an electric car in the future. Paraphrasingr ’It is.
According to the new PHEV, which is believed to be based on the Lanzador concept, Mr Winkelmann said ‘The name that I have chosen was not locked in but will remain for the showroom model as it follows the brand’s tradition of naming models after bullfighters.
He also underlined that the decision to postpone EVs for the company was not taken lightly.
“This decision is the very careful look we have taken [at] what is happening around the world, geopolitical situations, political decisions. ” , ‘I’m sure it is worth reading.
That’s what we want our customers to do, so that is the decision we made with this short and medium term any change in this way of thinking.’ We have to be aware of it.
“We will have four cars, all with plug-in hybrid powertrains, by the end of this decade.”
Earlier this year, Lamborghini’s chief technical officer, Rouven Mohr, told childcareman.xyz the Italian automaker will continue to develop internal combustion engine (ICE) technology to deliver an emotive driving experience for as long as customer demand and emissions legislation allows.
But if you talk about the future of combustion for sure, for us, we want to keep going as long as possible.’ Mr Mohr said ‘If you do so I think that is what will happen with our own words and phrases?
Clearly, this is not because of – you know, sometimes colleagues say, ‘ah, it’s not about the old world’ – [but because] we still think that we have many ideas to carry, let me say the combustion future. Paraphrasingr ’It is.
Lamborghini sold records worldwide in 2025 (its fifth year of sales growth) – with 10,747 deliveries, including 272 sales in Australia – one unit less than last year led by the Urus SUV.
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