Italian supercar manufacturer Lamborghini is known to car enthusiasts for the wail of its V10 and V12 engines, but those may soon be a thing of the past.
Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann says the automaker will unveil its first gasoline-electric hybrid performance car in 2023 and that a fully electric model will go on sale by the close of the decade. That first Lamborghini EV will take the shape of a 4-seat model and broaden the automaker’s lineup to four distinct vehicles, though Winkelmann did not specify if it will be a large coupe, a sedan, or an SUV.
Over the next few years, Lamborghini will begin shifting its lineup entirely to hybrid models of its Huracán and Aventador sports cars as well as its Urus SUV.
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The automaker will become the last of the major sports car manufacturers to sell a regular-production electrified model, though in 2019 it briefly sold a limited-production hybrid called the Sian. Ferrari
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offered its first high-performance hybrid in 2013, while Porsche’s Taycan electric car went on sale in 2020.
Lamborghini is owned by Volkswagen,
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which now has several electric cars for sale. Winkelmann did not say how Lamborghini might lean on VW’s electric car experience for its new model.
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This story originally ran on Autotrader.com.
