Although it is not due on sale till 2028, we’ll get an early glimpse at Lamborghini’s first electrical car as quickly as subsequent week.

The automaker on Tuesday confirmed plans to disclose a prototype for the EV throughout 2023 Monterey Automotive Week, which runs Aug. 11-20.

Because the reveal might be a prototype and never an idea, there is a good likelihood it’ll intently resemble the EV due out in 5 years.

The EV will not be a supercar or SUV however reasonably a brand new physique model, a grand tourer with 2+2 seating to function a fourth mannequin line for the model. Lamborghini has been down the two+2 route earlier than with vehicles just like the Espada, a mannequin that might be celebrating its sixtieth anniversary in 2028.

Lamborghini Espada

Throughout April’s 2023 New York auto present, Lamborghini Chief Advertising and Gross sales Officer Federico Foschini advised Motor Authority the EV could have at the least 300 miles of vary and cozy rear seats sufficiently big for adults.

Given its comparatively small measurement, Lamborghini is unlikely to develop the platform for its EV internally. As an alternative, it’ll probably undertake one of many modular EV platforms of its Volkswagen Group father or mother. A superb wager is the SSP Sport platform being developed by Porsche. The platform has been confirmed for a three-row flagship SUV from Porsche due round 2027, and it might additionally underpin Bentley’s first EV due in 2026.

Regardless of plans to launch an EV, Lamborghini is not abandoning internal-combustion engines. For patrons nonetheless with gasoline of their veins, the automaker will supply plug-in hybrid powertrains. The primary of those is the lately launched Revuelto supercar which pairs a newly developed V-12 with a trio of electrical motors. A plug-in hybrid Urus arrives in early 2024 and a plug-in hybrid successor to the Huracán will observe within the tail finish of that 12 months.

Although it is but to be confirmed, there are rumors Lamborghini will add a second EV in 2029. It’s rumored to be an SUV serving as a direct alternative for the Urus.