Lamborghini: A hybrid drive for super sports cars was once the best solution

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Lamborghini is convinced that the combustion engine combined with electricity is the best solution for super sports cars at this time. The first electric car from the brand will also be a particularly powerful model that is more suitable for everyday use.

“We still believe that in the premium sports or sports car segment, the internal combustion engine and hybrid are the best choices,” said CTO Rouven Mohr in an interview with. engine1. Therefore, starting this year, the Audi subsidiary will be launching successors to the Huracán and Aventador super sports cars with plug-in hybrid drives.

“For a super sports car, we’re of the opinion that it’s not the right time now, and maybe it won’t be the right time in the next five or six years, because we want to avoid the extra weight in large sports cars,” Mohr said. “We want to avoid that performance is too dependent on battery state of charge and temperature.”

More practical cars are something else. “We think there is already a market for our interpretation of an electric car. But it should be our effect, because Lamborghini customers expect something unusual and not something they can get from other manufacturers,” says the head of technology.

According to early information, the first electric car from the Italian brand will be a new range. The model should be more suitable for everyday use. “That means a 2+2 car, with two doors and more ground clearance,” says CEO Stephan Winkelmann in 2022. It will still be a few years before it starts, maybe around five. Then there will also be a battery-powered version of the Urus SUV, which, like the Huracán and Aventador, will have plug-in drive.