Perhaps he fears for the booming sound: Lamborghini boss Stefano Domenicali has spoken out loud, according to a report against a switch to electric mobility in the vehicles of his company. "A Lamborghini with pure electric drive will not exist in the near future," he told the "Welt am Sonntag" ("WamS"). This Lamborghini goes a different way than the Stuttgart carmaker Porsche, who wants to offer almost all models with electric drive until 2027.
A small concession to the technical progress made the Lamborghini boss in the "WamS" but yet. "But we will offer the next model generation of our supercars with plug-in hybrid," announced Domenicali in the newspaper. Say a sports car with combustion and accumulator engine, the latter can be charged both on the ordinary engine, as well as the power outlet.
Restrained with trends
Overall, Lamborghini is restrained in terms of trends. You also do not work on autonomously driving cars, said Domenicali of the "Welt am Sonntag". "If you drive one of our cars, you really want to drive it - and not drive it."
Despite a series of sudden vehicle fires in 2016, Lamborghinis' demand has increased sharply in recent years. The company based in Sant'Agata near Modena sold 3815 cars in 2017, compared to 5750 last year.
Now, however, the company has reportedly set a limit of 8,000 cars to be sold in 2019. "We could build and sell more cars, the capacity and the demand are there, but we do not want to," said company boss Domenicali of the "Welt am Sonntag". It is more important to make the brand "as desirable as possible".