{"id":701204,"date":"2026-05-29T08:59:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T08:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/701204\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T08:59:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T08:59:12","slug":"the-right-way-to-go-lamborghini-ceo-on-delaying-evs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/701204\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Right Way To Go&#8217;: Lamborghini CEO On Delaying EVs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Lanzador gran tourer was supposed to come out this decade, but it&#8217;s not happening anymore.<br \/>\nAn electric Urus SUV has been indefinitely pushed back.<br \/>\nLamborghini is still developing an EV for a post-2030 release.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been nearly three years since Lamborghini did the unthinkable and revealed an electric car. However, unlike the production-ready <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motor1.com\/news\/797130\/lewis-hamilton-charles-leclerc-ferrari-luce\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\" data-type-id=\"0\" data-params=\"%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22797130%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22lewis-hamilton-charles-leclerc-ferrari-luce%22%7D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ferrari Luce<\/a> that everyone is talking about these days, Lanzador was a concept. At the same time, the two-door GT was also a promise of a future EV model that people would actually be able to buy. That future won\u2019t come as early as initially projected by Sant\u2019Agata Bolognese.<\/p>\n<p>The Lanzador was supposed to come out in 2028 before it was pushed back to 2029, only to be delayed indefinitely. Similarly, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motor1.com\/news\/585692\/lamborghini-confirms-electric-urus\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\" data-type-id=\"0\" data-params=\"%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22585692%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22lamborghini-confirms-electric-urus%22%7D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">electric Urus<\/a> was initially planned for a market launch before the decade\u2019s end, but that\u2019s not going to happen either. Although Lamborghini is still developing an EV, its launch date has not been established, and it\u2019s safe to say it won\u2019t be coming out before 2030.<\/p>\n<p>With the Ferrari Luce setting the Internet ablaze, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/05\/27\/ferrari-luce-backlash-lamborghini-ceo-ev.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">CNBC<\/a> asked Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann about his stance on abandoning the launch of the Lanzador and Urus EVs in the coming years. The company bearing the raging bull logo has no regrets about delaying electric cars indefinitely, saying it was \u201cthe right way to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/16x9-tr.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"16\" height=\"9\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lamborghini Buyers Are Not Interested In EVs<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;By observing the market, we saw that the acceptance curve [of EVs] for our type of customers is not increasing, and that therefore we decided to move away from a full-electric car into a plug-in hybrid.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Predictably, Lambo\u2019s head honcho refused to talk about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motor1.com\/ferrari\/luce\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luce<\/a>, only saying that \u201cevery brand, every company has to decide for themselves,\u201d adding that \u201ceverybody has their own strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Winkelmann\u2019s stance on EVs is hardly a surprise. Just a few months ago, the number one at the Audi-owned Italian exotic brand told The Sunday Times that electric cars are an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motor1.com\/news\/787979\/lamborghini-ev-officially-canceled\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\" data-type-id=\"0\" data-params=\"%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22787979%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22lamborghini-ev-officially-canceled%22%7D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cexpensive hobby,\u201d<\/a> given the projected low take rate:<\/p>\n<p>Lamborghini Calls EVs An &#8216;Expensive Hobby&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Investing heavily in full-EV development when the market and customer base are not ready would be an expensive hobby, and financially irresponsible towards shareholders, customers [and] to our employees and their families.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead, Lamborghini still plans to add a fourth model to join the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motor1.com\/lamborghini\/temerario\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Temerario<\/a>, Revuelto, and the Urus. The 2+2 Lanzador is being engineered to accommodate a combustion engine in a plug-in hybrid powertrain, much like the existing models, all of which are PHEVs.<\/p>\n<p>                            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motor1.com\/photos\/863652\/lamborghini-lanzador-ev-concept\/#7447410_lamborghini-lanzador-concept-details-1\" class=\"msnt-photo-thumb-gallery-main-photo-box\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" data-url=\"\/photos\/863652\/lamborghini-lanzador-ev-concept\/#7447410_lamborghini-lanzador-concept-details-1\" data-thumb=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-src=\"\" data-sub-html=\"Lamborghini Lanzador Concept - Details (1)\" data-entity-id=\"7447410\" data-download-url=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/16x9-tr.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Lamborghini Lanzador Concept - Details (1)\" width=\"16\" height=\"9\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                    61                                <\/p>\n<p>Motor1&#8217;s Take:\u00a0Lamborghini knows its buyers, and they want combustion engines. At the same time, electrification is inevitable to meet increasingly strict emissions regulations. That is why the only way to please customers and regulators is by developing plug-in hybrid V8 and V12 powertrains.<\/p>\n<p>The time will come for an electric Lamborghini, but it won\u2019t happen this decade. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motor1.com\/ferrari\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ferrari<\/a> sees things differently, and only time will tell whether Luce will be the sales flop that seemingly everyone on the Internet claims it\u2019ll be.<\/p>\n<p class=\"comfort-title-large flex gap-spacing-sm-base items-center\">\n<p>\t\tWe want your opinion!\n\t<\/p>\n<p>What would you like to see on Motor1.com?<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motor1.com\/survey\/2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tTake our 3 minute survey.\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"compact-body-medium\">&#8211; The Motor1.com Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Lanzador gran tourer was supposed to come out this decade, but it&#8217;s not happening anymore. 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