Italy is Trying to Protect Ferrari and Lamborghini from EU’s 2035 Ban

Italy Wants Leniency For Supercar Makers from 2035 Combustion Engine Ban

Italy is Trying to Protect Ferrari and Lamborghini from EU's 2035 Ban
Ferrari F8. Credit: Lance Asper

The government of Italy is trying to protect Ferrari and Lamborghini from the upcoming 2035 ban in which combustion engine vehicles will be phased out. In July 2021, the EU announced that it is committed to phasing out the sale of new vehicles with internal combustion engines by 2035.



 

Exemption of Ferrari and Lamborghini from the ban 

Italy’s minister for ecological transition, Roberto Cingolani, seemed to be siding with carmakers like Ferrari and Lamborghini when he recently stated, “in the gigantic cars market there is a niche, and there are ongoing discussions with the EU Commission” regarding the phase-out of new internal combustion engine vehicles.

He stated that the low volumes of vehicles produced by Italy’s carmakers like Ferrari and Lamborghini would have minimal impact on the overall emissions compared to car makers who sell a high volume of cars. Last year, Italian carmaker Lamborghini sold 7400 cars while Ferrari sold only 9100.

 

 

Cingolani, who is also a former non-executive director of the Ferrari, stated, “Those cars need very special technology, and they need batteries for the transition. One important step is that Italy gets autonomous in producing high-performance batteries, and that is why we are now launching the giga-factory program to install in Italy a very large-scale production facility for batteries.”

Though Ferrari has yet to confirm the plans for phasing out all petrol engines, the chairman John Elkann mentioned that it would reveal the first all-electric vehicle by 2025. The first regular production Ferrari with a hybrid powertrain, the SF90, was released in 2019, while the new hybrid-powered Ferrari 296 GTB was unveiled just a few weeks back.

 

The Italy-based manufacturers Lamborghini and Ferrari are already taking steps to have a greener future. Lamborghini has announced a plan worth US$ 1.8 (about AU$ 2.44) billion to halve the brand’s CO2 emissions by 2025 and will launch its first electric vehicles by 2030. However, Ferrari seems to be winning this race as the brand will unveil the first EV by 2025.

 

Though The European Union has yet to comment on Cingolani’s proposal, it didn’t seem keen on helping Italy-based carmakers like Ferrari and Lamborghini when it stated that “all car manufacturers will have to contribute to this reduction” in emissions.

In other car news, have you seen the new Mercedes-Benz EQE yet?



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