With the electric engine beginning to emerge as the future of the automobile world, Lamborghini launches this brand-new vehicle to slash hydrogen competition. With the energy and climate crisis currently the dominant concern across industries, the passenger vehicle world has been particularly pressured to transform its vehicle engines from the internal combustion engine to more sustainable solutions. This change, however, has also been seen among luxury sports car developers.
Competition remains strong between electric and hydrogen solutions
With sustainable engine technology as the primary focus of the automobile world for the last ten years, the electric engine has all but been confirmed to be the future that the passenger vehicle world is embracing. In terms of global alternative engine vehicle sales, electric engines make up the grand majority, with the hybrid electric vehicle coming out on top.
Scandinavian countries such as Norway, Denmark, and Sweden have offered a glimpse at what the world could look like with only electric vehicles on the road. Last year, 89% of Norway’s new vehicle sales were attributed to electric vehicles, with the country hoping to see this number reach 100% by the end of this year. Additionally, Denmark plans to end the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030.
While the electric engine is the preferred favourite among both developers and consumers, hydrogen fuel-cell solutions are also on the rise, with Japanese developers in particular embracing this technology and Toyota being a leading pioneer in advancing these engines on the road, in addition to their electric engine technology. More recently, Toyota has been establishing new partnerships among vehicle developers in order to increase the advancement and presence of hydrogen engine technology on the road. Earlier this year, it was announced that Toyota would be teaming up with German automobile developer BMW to put their first hydrogen fuel-cell engine on the road by 2028.
Lamborghini impresses with this new technology
While alternative engine solutions receive the most attention in the world of the regular passenger vehicle, the luxury and sports car world has not ignored the reality of the current competitive market regarding the production of electric vehicles. In May of this year, Italian luxury sports car developer Lamborghini launched their Temerario supercar in India, a supercar which features the following key highlights:
- A 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 engine with 3 electric motors.
- An engine that can rev up to 10,000rpm
- An output of 800hp and 730Nm by the turbo-engine.
- A 3.8kW battery.
- Reaching speeds of 100km/h within 2.7 seconds.
While it may seem difficult to imagine a sports car without the infamous internal combustion engine, luxury vehicle developers continue to showcase how just because they are including electric solutions does not mean that they are sacrificing performance. The model is also the first V8 mid-engine Lamborghini has produced since the 1981 Jalpa model.
Lamborghini continues to partner with competitors
In keeping with the trend of collaboration, to bring the hybrid Temerario to light, the Italian automaker partnered with Yasa to assist them in developing the model’s electric engine. The partnership highlights how automobile developers are recognizing that, in order to make advanced and sustainable technology more widespread, prioritizing collaboration over competition may need to take center stage.
The new hybrid development by Lamborghini is another symptom of how electric engine technology remains the ultimate prevailing direction across automobile sector developers are working towards. While other alternative solutions, such as the hydrogen fuel-cell engine, are continuing to have an increased presence, the electric engine is most likely the one for automobile developers and stakeholders to hedge their bets on in terms of what is going to phase out the internal combustion engine.
