Lamborghini hopes it will possibly proceed producing automobiles with inside combustion engines into the subsequent decade, CEO Stephan Winkelmann informed German newspaper Welt am Sonntag this week. “After hybridization, we will wait to see whether it will be possible to offer vehicles with an internal combustion engine beyond 2030,” he stated in an interview with the outlet. “One possibility would be to keep combustion engine vehicles alive via synthetic fuels.”
If Lamborghini truly continues making ICE automobiles into the 2030s, it could put the Volkswagen-owned automaker at odds with a lot of the trade. Consider Dodge, for example. The Stellantis-owned model plans to debut its first all-electric muscle automobile in 2024. That identical yr, it additionally plans to cease producing a few of its hottest gasoline-powered fashions, together with the Challenger and Charger. By distinction, Lamborgini received’t supply a completely electrical automobile earlier than the tip of the last decade.
Practically talking, even when Lamborghini continues producing ICE automobiles into the 2030s, it could not have the ability to promote these automobiles in lots of locations. In the US and different components of the world, governments have moved to ban the sale of gasoline-powered automobiles by mid-decade. Countries like Germany have made carveouts for automobiles powered by artificial fuels, however no firm is producing the gasoline various at scale but and will not for a few years to come back.