Lamborghini hopes it may possibly proceed producing automobiles with inside combustion engines into the following decade, CEO Stephan Winkelmann instructed German newspaper Welt am Sonntag this week. “After hybridization, we will wait to see whether it will be possible to offer vehicles with an internal combustion engine beyond 2030,” he stated in an interview with . “One possibility would be to keep combustion engine vehicles alive via synthetic fuels.”

If Lamborghini really continues making ICE automobiles into the 2030s, it could put the Volkswagen-owned automaker at odds with a lot of the trade. Consider Dodge, for example. The Stellantis-owned model plans to debut its automobile in 2024. That similar yr, it additionally plans to cease producing a few of its hottest gasoline-powered fashions, together with the Challenger and Charger. By distinction, Lamborgini received’t supply a totally electrical automobile .

Practically talking, even when Lamborghini continues producing ICE automobiles into the 2030s, it could not be capable to promote these autos in lots of locations. In the US and different components of the world, governments have moved to ban the sale of gasoline-powered automobiles by . Countries like Germany have for autos powered by artificial fuels, however no firm is producing the gasoline alternative at scale yet and should not for a few years to return.