Lamborghini Urus successor to be EV
Next-generation SUV from Lamborghini will be an all-electric super-modelLamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann has confirmed the successor to the immensely popular Lamborghini Urus SUV will be a dedicated battery-electric vehicle.
This will come after the Urus adopts a plug-in hybrid powertrain in 2024 as part of what’s widely expected to be another significant upgrade rather than a generational change, arriving some six years after the twin-turbocharged V8 SUV’s launch in 2018.
Winkelmann broke the news about the EV successor during a round-table interview with Australian media this week, when quizzed on the brand’s electrification strategy.
“What we’re doing now in ’24 is first the hybridisation, and hybridisation is an important step for the Urus, which will be a car which will even be more powerful,” he said.
“Then after the end of production of this car, there will then be an all-electric follower of the Urus.”
With the House of the Raging Bull’s first dedicated electric supercar already locked in for a 2028 reveal and global launch, the Urus successor is expected to follow before the end of the decade.
A facelift is due later this year to help ensure the Urus stays up to date, while its shift to PHEV in two years’ time should see it adopt a version of the 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 hybrid powertrain already found in the Porsche Cayenne Turbo S E-Hybrid (500kW/900Nm).
Lamborghini’s inaugural SUV has been a smash-hit worldwide, including Down Under where the Urus accounted for almost half (64) of the brand’s 131 sales last year.
According to Winkelmann, the Australian market is a prosperous one that’s forecast to chalk up more than 200 sales in 2022, with the success of the Urus being reflective of the brand’s presence in the SUV market.
“It’s not about the numbers in general, it’s about what type of segments you’re in,” he said.
“If you have a car which is in the SUV segment, you automatically have a much wider audience compared to the super-sports-car-only business because the segment is so much smaller.
“It’s important that there has to be always two Lamborghinis, and Lamborghini has not always been only about super-sports cars – we started with GT cars.”
That GT lineage will be on display come 2028 when the brand launches its first dedicated EV as a high-riding ‘2+2’.
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