---
title: "Lamborghini Just Canceled the Lanzador Because EVs Aren’t ‘Emotional’ Enough"
date: "2026-02-23"
modified: "2026-02-23"
authors:
  - name: "Adam Ismail"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/adam-ismail"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/lamborghini-just-canceled-the-lanzador-because-evs-arent-emotional-enough"
categories:
  - "Lamborghini News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Coupe"
  - "Electric Vehicle"
  - "Lamborghini"
  - "luxury"
---

# Lamborghini Just Canceled the Lanzador Because EVs Aren’t ‘Emotional’ Enough

![Lamborghini Lanzador concept front view](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/lamborghini_lanzador_concept_33-copy.jpg>)
*\<em\>Lamborghini\</em\>*

Whatever shape Lamborghini's first EV eventually takes, it won't look like the Lanzador. CEO Stephan Winkelmann confirmed over the weekend to *[The Sunday Times](<https://www.thetimes.com/business/companies-markets/article/lamborghini-scraps-electric-car-plans-in-favour-of-hybrids-lspfbp300>)* that the high-riding electric coupe has been officially canceled, citing market preferences and difficulty delivering the "specific emotional connection" its vehicles require.

If you've been keeping track, the future hadn't looked bright for the Lanzador for quite some time. Back in September, Chief Technology Officer [Rouven Mohr told *The Drive*](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/lamborghini-lanzador-phev-decision-coming-by-end-of-the-year-cto>) that the company was reconsidering the vehicle, noting that the company's biggest markets lacked "the push in the EV direction."

"Especially now, for us there is a change in the mindset," Mohr said, "and it’s clear that we cannot customize a car for every market."

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/lamborghini_lanzador_concept_45-copy.jpg>)
**Lamborghini**

Recent regulatory shifts around the world have cooled EV development—or, rather, the financial justification for it—which has not had a positive effect on public sentiment. In that interview from last year, Mohr raised the possibility that the Lanzador would be reconfigured to utilize a plug-in hybrid setup, as the [Lamborghini Urus SE](<https://www.thedrive.com/car-reviews/2025-lamborghini-urus-se-review>) has. Based on this latest development, from *The Times*, however, it's clear that a different PHEV will fully replace the Lanzador before the end of this decade.

At the time of the [Lanzador's unveiling](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/the-lamborghini-lanzador-concept-is-a-two-door-four-seat-ev-suv-grand-tourer>) during Monterey Car Week in August 2023, Lamborghini said that the all-electric coupe would hit the market in 2028. The four-seater was to feature electric motors on each axle with torque vectoring and rear-wheel steering.

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/lamborghini_lanzador_743-copy.jpg>)
**Lamborghini**

Winkelmann said that [Lamborghini](<https://www.thedrive.com/category/lamborghini-news>) decided to cancel the Lanzador "after over a year of continuous internal discussion, engaging with customers, dealers, market analysis, and global data." The chief exec didn't cast off EVs outright, but said that if Sant'Agata eventually delivers one, it'll happen "only when the time is right."

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## Author
Adam is a Senior Editor at The Drive, concentrating on curating and developing the site's slate of daily journalism, from initial pitch to final copy edit. When he's not at his desk researching leads and working with writers, he's testing vehicles or reviewing racing games, new and old. He joined The Drive in 2023, following seven years of covering consumer technology and cars. A car lover and gamer since his earliest memories, Adam came to know the automotive world through video games. First it was Daytona USA, Sega Rally, and Ridge Racer; then came Need For Speed, which inspired an encyclopedic knowledge of '90s supercars, and, of course, Gran Turismo. If not for them, he'd assuredly be doing something else right now. Adam is based in the suburbs outside Philly, where there are ample roads for his hot hatch to stretch its legs. In his car, he's probably listening to indie rock, drum and bass, or Yankees baseball.

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