Lamborghini worried about incoming emission laws
09/15/2024 05:00 PM
A key figure within the Italian luxury brand said it intends to work with government officials to identify the appropriate solution to the upcoming NVES.
A key figure within Lamborghini said the brand is concerned about the incoming New Emission Vehicle Standards (NVES), with the Italian luxury car maker saying it is working with the Federal Government on finding the appropriate solution.
"Yes of course [we are worried], we are looking really deeply into this topic, and we are working with the government to understand what will be the potential development of this [emissions] compliance," Francesco Scardaoni, Lamborghini's Asia Pacific Director, told Drive.
"Up to now, we don't have any, let's say, final feedback [or] solution, but we are working in order to understand how we can mitigate the risk," Scardaoni added.
Under the NVES – which comes into effect from January 2025 – levies will be issued to car makers who sell vehicles above a certain CO2 threshold, with the mandated CO2 limit expected to become stricter over the next couple of years.
Manufacturers are still eligible to sell higher-emitting models, but they must be offset by sales of lower-polluting cars like hybrids and electric vehicles. Alternatively, car makers can purchase emission credits from other brands to comply with the upcoming laws.
However, while the rule comes into effect from the start of 2025, car makers won't be fined until July 2025.
Despite concerns about how the NVES affects the brand, Lamborghini's transition into lower-emitting cars has been on the cards for some time under the manufacturer's plans to electrify its fleet by the end of the decade.
Its electrification road plans dubbed the 'Direzioni Cor Tauri' see Lamborghini shift to introducing new hybrid models over the second half of the decade in the form of the Revuelto, the Urus SE and the upcoming Temerario.
Scardaoni said the transition to new lower-emitting variants after decades of success dominated by a range of petrol-powered supercars was influenced by changing consumer behaviour.
"The [electrification] strategy was designed to have hybrid cars not as a bridge, but as a clear strategy for our powertrain. This was a winning strategy because customer feedback is that they want to drive [an] internal combustion engine car [that's] greener," Scardaoni told Drive.
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