No Lambo-greeny: Lamborghini Lanzador EV cancelled as supercar maker refocuses efforts on hybrid V8 and V12s
Lamborghini has announced it has killed off the all-electric super-SUV it was readying to challenge the incoming Ferrari Luce because of “very limited” demand for its 1500kW Lamborghini Lanzador EV.
Blaming the rapid slowing of sales in the luxury super-sports segment, Lamborghini reportedly shelved the Lanzador project late last year after consulting with potential customers and dealers.
In its place, the famous Italian supercar maker says it will roll out two hybrids before 2030.
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One of the two hybrids will be a “fourth model line” to join the Temerario and Revuelto supercars and the Urus SUV, although it was not announced what shape the new car will take.
Speaking to Auto Express, Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann stressed that launching an EV was the “wrong offer” for Lamborghini buyers.
Proof it doesn’t need an EV in its mix came in last year’s sales, when Lamborghini sold a record 10,747 cars, with the non-hybrid Urus SUV easily the firm’s best-selling model.
Unveiled back in 2023, the Lanzador was due to arrive on sale by late 2028 or early 2029, potentially replacing the current best-selling Urus — a move now seen as an unacceptable risk in the wake of slowing sales, according to the car maker’s boss.
Originally, the Lamborghini EV was to debut an advanced 980-volt electrical architecture that would allow a 10 to 80 per cent top-up in less than 10 minutes using a 500kW charger.
Built in Italy, it was thought the Lanzador would be the recipient of all-new electric motors developed in-house by the Sant’Agata-based car maker.
Instead, Winkelmann said a decision on the brand’s future powertrain strategy was now “imminent”, but rumours suggest the launch of a new Lamborghini EV will now happen sometime in the next decade, possibly to coincide with the severe 2035 combustion restrictions set to be implemented in Europe.
“The big step we made was to move the entire brand from ICE to PHEV — and this worked out,” Winkelmann told the British publication, justifying Lamborghini’s path so far.
“This was an important and crucial moment in time because of its additional weight, its additional cost, more complexity — a lot of explanation for the customer.
“We made one promise: the new cars will have a new design, they will be faster, and the benefit for Lamborghini, for the world, and also for you, is they will have lower CO2 emissions. This is the commitment we gave up-front and in a very simple way.
“So, we’re happy and pleased this is working out. Luckily, we always had the saying that with the full-electric cars, we will have enough time to decide and make up our mind if something is changing,” said the Lamborghini boss.
It’s been suggested that while electric power is off the menu for the Lanzador, the wild two-door 2+2 coupe-SUV might still reach production but with a plug-in hybrid V8 or V12 powertrain.
