Lamborghini confirms plans to cut emission by 35% with Hybrid future in mind

It is the call of the times and call of stricter emission guidelines that encourages car manufacturers to produce cars with lesser or even zero emission. Car manufacturers including those which produce luxury brands are on the drawing boards to answer the need of the market and the environment.

Lamborghini insiders reveal that the company has set its goals to reduce the CO2 emissions of its fleet by as much as 35% come 2015. Engineers and designers plan to hit their target by making lighter vehicles, more fuel efficient powertrains, using stop start systems, and looking into biofuel and hybrid technologies.

Other luxury brands like Ferrari and Bentley have committed to do the same in the next generation of their vehicle ranges.

Ferrari turns green with the F430 Spider running on biofuel. It is logical for Ferrari to invest in more efficient platforms since 10% of their total sales come from California which implements one of the toughest emission guidelines.

Bentley is also cleaning up its act. The car manufacturer aims to lower their fleets emissions by as much as 15% by 2012. Aside from going for 120g/km of CO2 emission, Bentley also wants to improve fuel mileage by 40%.

Lamborghini’s achievement on the green race is the fast and furious 560-4 Gallardo LP which spits 18% less particulates of CO2 compared to the standard release.

Lamborghini wants to improve its company’s image and credibility in the market and is spending Euros 35 million through the next 5 years to fund their greener operations. Even their factories will use photovoltaic cells by 2010 to decrease CO2 release by 30%.