I'll buy electric when they are as analog as possible (electric≠digital, never had to be that way), and fixable by me.
Until then, old cars only. Or maybe an analog kit car.
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Doubting this headline. If you ever driven a super car gasoline is such a PITA because you can't just put normal shit in it. It has to be high octane gasoline and the tanks are so tiny that often you need to plan your trip around that.
More like Lambo just can't do it in a way where they'd succeed.
I'm not sure I believe that. Yeah, the engine noise is iconic, but no childhood poster had a speaker built in. Lambo had always had that excessive-ness fighter pilot styling that caught an eye.
Electric doesn't change that. But what is out there electric-wise today is pretty fun tech. For Lambo to build something above and beyond may cost figures that doesn't make sense. If I could buy a car with 90% the performance for half, maybe a third, the cost, why? They could put 600hp at each wheel to beat the competition, but they would still have to keep it on the ground and deal with the weight in the corners.
I do take your point, but Lambo have always been about theatre. The posters may not have had a speaker in them but you knew they sounded amazing. When you see one in person, especially if the driver is in the mood to give it a stab, surely one of the first things you say is "listen to that thing!"
Their image is about being extreme in every theatrical way, and I can see how a bullshit-fast but near-silent Lambo might not appeal to the vast majority of their customers. And ultimately if they're only going to sell a small handful then it's not worth their while to build them at all.
I agree and Lambo isn't the type of company that does things to push boundaries—like Porsche, perhaps. Lambo is all about fashion. Not clothes, but automotive fashion. They're fast and good but built off the engineering of others.
Koenigsegg, on the other hand... [LINK]
Dark Matter is also the world’s most powerful automotive-grade e-motor with 6-phase technology.
My sister's husband has a 400hp Audi and in my opinion it's much more fun car than an electric one with double the power. Objectively better isn't always what people actually desire. A digital watch for example is less desireable than a mechanical one despite being better at accurately and reliably telling the time.
Especially if you're buying a Lamborghini.
That being said, electric cars that are fast (and not overly heavy) are ADDICTIVELY fast. It's like a magically always spooled twin turbo but that's virtually silent.
I'm curious what Lamborghini could turn out for an all electric, tbh.
I don't think Lamborghini is being totally honest. If there was zero interest, basic market research would've revealed that fact and they wouldn't have invested time and resources into the project.
I theorize they don't see one of their largest markets (the US amidst a major, far-right led regression) as fertile soil for for the kind of sales they want to see.
edit: grammar
Sad.
rich people ruining the planet again. Shocker, right?
It also shows you that the market isn’t gonna shift naturally to electric cars.
I understand the decision if it didn’t make business sense for them, but I also think a change has to happen to protect our climate.
But then I’m not sure you have enough Lamborghinis on the road to account for a big part of it.
And let’s not forget that ditching ICE cars in favor of electric isn’t gonna improve anything if the global population keeps growing and we keep consumming more.
Thats just it.
Lambo sold 10,700 cars in 2025. An all time sales record. Toyota sold 10.3 million. Ferarri sold 13k, Vw/Audi sold 8.9 million, Aston Martin sold just under 6k, Ford sold 4.4 Million, Bugatti sold 136 cars, Stellantis sold 5.5 million cars, Koenigsegg sold 60 cars, GM sold 2.8 million. I know Lemmy hates flashy rich assholes and their toys but the really high end brands not leading the EV charge is seriously drop in the bucket territory.
Add all of those "prestige" brands together and they are barely 1% of what GM Alone put on the road.
Alos, Lamborghini owners don't drive their cars more than 1,000 miles a year. Because they are stupid cars.
You're not far off correct. Supercars average 3000 to 5000km a year, the average car averages 15k (very much ballbark numbers)and while they are an amazing toy and a hell of an experience to even ride in they are absolutely terrible "cars".
And let’s not forget that ditching ICE cars in favor of electric isn’t gonna improve anything if the global population keeps growing and we keep consumming more.
All indications point toward population leveling off at 10 billion, since so many countries are below replacement rate.
And while degrowth is a worthy goal, and replacing cars with public transport is far, far better than swapping all of them to EV's, it would still be better to replace all ICE cars with EV's environmentally speaking, as they would be polluting their local environments much less (poor air quality in cities kills thousands, and much if it is ICE cars), and they would also be contributing much less greenhouse gasses (though public transport would be an even bigger decrease).
I mean yeah, ask anyone into cars what the most interesting part is and they'll say the engine
Who would buy that shit? People who want Lambos aren't people wanting to be charging stupid batteries.