February 19, 2025
Lanzador EV concept: carrying forward Lamborghini’s vision of the future

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Yahoo Finance’s Pras Subramaniam drives Lamborghini’s Lanzador EV concept — five years ahead of the car’s 2028 sales date.

video transcript

PRS Subramanian: Hello friends. Press here with Yahoo Finance. You’re hearing some interesting voices here because I’m in a very, very, very special car and I would also say a car that costs a lot because it’s a concept prototype, the Lamborghini Lanzador EV.

Now I have Reuven Mohr, CTO of Lamborghini, to discuss what we’re doing here. And I– this is crazy. Reuven, you guys have been working on EV for some time now. And I think a lot of people are surprised that you debuted this car, potentially a car that’s going to be here in 2028 at Pebble Beach in 2023. So talk to me about how you were able to do this so quickly.

Reuven Mohr: I mean, first of all, what are you driving here, it’s really an honor for us even to have you driving this car because it’s a real show car. So it’s not really related to the final production car. But the development process for the production car has already started. So like you said, we’re coming in 2028. But for us, it was important to already demonstrate our vision for the first fully electric Lamborghini.

Because we created a different type of body. And we were so excited that we want to share this one of a kind new car with you and our fans and viewers.

PRS Subramanian: Yes. We’re going to talk to Mitja, Lamborghini’s Design Director, about the exterior styling. But you were talking more about what’s going on under the hood. And for me, it’s learning about this dual motor setup here, but also the interesting e-axle at the rear that you can have allows for torque vectoring. is that correct?

Reuven Mohr: Yes. I mean, in general, not only on the rear axle, but also on the front axle, of course the central pillar you want to present with this car is a typical Lamborghini driving experience in a full electric case. Because I know a lot of people ask me the question, but how would a full electric Lambo drive?

I mean, performance is one but you also need some intelligent control functions to generate that highly responsive driving feeling of this typical Lamborghini.

PRS Subramanian: Yes. Of course, this is a concept, not even pre-production. So tread very carefully here. We’re talking about the actual model, the 1,000 horsepower. One thing that really impressed me is that we have the exterior styling, which is quite interesting and Lamborghini-esque. But the inside shows – I know you’re not a designer, but it gives me the impression of movement and the future and that kind of dynamic of spacecraft design.

But is this a way to compensate for the fact that we won’t be hearing the V12 or the V10? Is what you say to make up for it?

Reuven Mohr: I wouldn’t say compensation because if you look at the interior, definitely. I mean, later the media will tell you the design in detail. But also from an engineering point of view, we try very hard to make sure you actually sit like in one of our supercars because the seating position is very low, even lower than today’s Urus.

We have a pillar. You have the view. If you forget for a second that the car is high, you feel like you are sitting in one of our supercars. And it was– it’s really clearly engineered.

If you ask me about the compensation, I will say no because of course we are working on the sound as well. It’s not really decided what the voice will be like. Let’s say of course we won’t be too artificial. And the sound has to be related to the reaction of the car.

And finally, I also firmly believe that we have some really great driving dynamic features in mind, which will take the driving experience to the next level. Ultimately we can do things with a car that we can’t do with a combustion car.

PRS Subramanian: You know, let’s actually talk to Design Director Mitza about some of these design elements. Let’s hear from him now.

Reuven Mohr: Yes.

Mitja Borkert: First of all, a car whose size is surprising. This is really something new. The starting point is a super sports car ratio in a high position, a pilot position. And, you know, this idea came to us when we developed the Huracan Stereo, which is like a super sports car in a higher position, and it influenced us even here.

So, first of all, Lamborghini has always been designed with this one single center line. This is our trademark. This is where we recognize Lamborghini. Then, of course, I always stress the fact that we have this strong tilt of the side windows. So if I do this and if I’m already sculpting, you get a beautiful Lamborghini because it already looks like that, like a spaceship and something really innovative.

Then the front part is made starting with the nose of the shark. So it has all the features you’d expect from a beautiful Lamborghini, but we’ve specified it in such a way that you can also immediately see that it’s an electric concept car. But we want those graphics to always be present in a hexagonal manner. We have those blades.

Then later I’ll talk to you in detail, but here we can start [? pilot ?] glass. So to underline that this is a concept car, we have these radiator fins that are inspired by the computer world, so it looks like cooling fins from that world. We have integrated aerodynamics here as well, but I want to quickly tell you about the body.

So, first of all, the car is very slow. We have this carbon fiber roof. The line here is underlining the low profile of the car. We have DLO as we call it. For example, DLO is taking inspiration from Murciélago, or even Diablo if you prefer.

We have this crisp, sharp, Y-shaped line that’s building this wonderful, long back muscle. For me it is inspired by Terzo Milenio. And then here in the Lamborghini EV concept there should also be air intakes, and so we have this channel. We took inspiration from Cyan. And thus we are providing fresh air to this air intake which is feeding the blow diffuser.

Then, of course, the rear of a Lamborghini is always sexy. So we have a rear end that is influenced by the Countach, so it looks like a spaceship from the rear. So we have these units of six hexagonal taillights taking inspiration from the Countach. Also here is – I love motorcycles – so we have the rear tires open. quite impressive. It is giving impressive stance to the rear.

PRS Subramanian: So what were some of the challenges from a technical point of view for you in making the Rouven, Lamborghini’s first EV?

Reuven Mohr: I mean, first of all, from a technology point of view, we have a huge advantage in that we are also part of the Volkswagen Group, so we have a strong network in competence and I want to say access to group technology as well. The main thing for us is to create the right differentiation theme and really bring the driving behavior to the level of Lambo as people expect — the fans, our customers they expect something really outstanding from Lambo.

People don’t expect driving behavior from a Lamborghini. We really want a typical Lamborghini driving behavior, and I’m not talking about acceleration times. Of course you can rest assured that the car will be very fast. I mean, what do people expect from a Lambo. Along with this, the top speed will also be high.

But the difference will be on the driving experience. Today a typical Lambo is touching your heart. I mean you drive. You feel included in the car. And we will take this feeling to the electric where we will prove that it is possible to take it to the extreme in the electric world.

PRS Subramaniam: Rouen, that was a very interesting drive for me. I know we have some other technologies and things like that here with ADAS and the way the car handles and things like that you can do with EVs and a lot more. But I think at some point I’ll have another opportunity to do that when the car– and even in some other situation–

Reuven Mohr: Absolutely. Rest assured, you will be invited.

PRS Subramanian: Thank you very much for this special experience of the future in this car. This is a spaceship. You were the person behind a lot of things under the skin, and you will be working on more and more of it. But thanks again for your time. really appreciate it.

Reuven Mohr: It was really a pleasure. See you later.

Paras Subramaniam: Thank you.

Reuven Mohr: Bye.

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