Lamborghini, Land Rover announce EV plans
Lamborghini plans to make a hybrid version of the Sián before turning to pure EVs. Photo: Lamborghini
Just as Land Rover announced its electrification plans, luxury brand Lamborghini has revealed its plans for an EV.
Lamborghini boss Stephan Winkelmann has presented “Direzione Cor Tauri” (Towards Cor Tauri), “a roadmap to decarbonisation of future Lamborghini models” and of the Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy site based on a “holistic approach to its environmental sustainability strategy”.
The Volkswagen Group brand said it will spend €1.5 billion (NZ$2.53b) over four years to hybridise its lineup of supercars beginning in 2023, and will not offer a full-electric vehicle until "the second half of the decade". Included in the hybrid line-up includes the top-selling Urus SUV.
Lamborghini boss Stephan Winkelmann plans to have hybrid version of its fleet. Photo: Lamborghini
Lamborghini will spend this year and next "celebrating the combustion engine" with at least two new variants equipped with V-12 engines.
Lamborghini will begin its transition to hybrids in 2023, including the Sián FKP 37, a 600kW limited-edition hybridised supercar that Lamborghini first showed at the 2019 Frankfurt auto show, and which pays homage to the Countach. The Sián has a top speed of 350 km/h and is equipped with a 6.5-litre, V-12 engine augmented by a 25kW electric motor.
A full battery-electric vehicle, which has not yet been revealed, will not join the lineup — currently the Aventador, Huracan and Urus — until at least 2025.
Leaving Italy, in Britain Land Rover has drawn up plans to revolutionise the next-generation Evoque and Disco Sport, by building them on an all-new EV-focused platform with a petrol-fuelled range-extender unit.
Called the Electrified Modular Architecture (EMA), the new platform will be designed from the outset to accommodate advanced driver assistance systems and extensive cloud connectivity.
Land Rover plans to made a full electric version of the Evoque by 2024. Photo: Land Rover
According to Autocar UK, The EMA is hugely important to JLR’s future prospects and its aim to become consistently profit-making. Indeed, JLR estimates that EMA-based vehicles will account for half of all company sales by 2030 and potentially 325,000 high-profit models annually.
Autocar UK said the first EMA-based new car will be the next Evoque, launched in 2024 and followed by the third-generation Discovery Sport.
Land Rover has already revealed to investors that there will be two more Defender family models launched over the next six years with one expected to be a full EV, according to AutoCar UK.