Pagani sticking with V-12, will not do hybrids or EVs
- Pagani initially thought-about a V-8 hybrid powertrain for the Utopia
- Pagani additionally checked out an electrical possibility for the supercar
- Pagani mentioned none of its prospects desire a hybrid or EV
Pagani has solely ever supplied vehicles powered purely by V-12 engines, and it seems to be like that is the way in which it may be for the forseeable future.
Chatting with The Drive on the unveil of the 852-hp Utopia Roadster throughout 2024 Monterey Automobile Week earlier this month, Pagani founder Horacio Pagani mentioned the corporate initially checked out a V-8 hybrid powertrain when growing the Utopia however finally selected a V-12 engine, specifically an additional evolution of the twin-turbocharged 6.0-liter V-12 that powered the Huayra, the supercar the Utopia changed.
In keeping with Pagani, who serves because the chief designer on the firm he based, the hybrid powertrain would have added an excessive amount of weight to the Utopia, to the tune of 880-1,100 kilos. He additionally mentioned none of his prospects are literally demanding a hybrid powertrain.
“In actuality, nobody is serious about a hybrid automobile,” he mentioned. “I consider that for those who ask folks, most of them will say {that a} hybrid is one thing extraordinary as a result of it has all the issues of an electrical automobile and all the issues of a combustion automobile, together with greater [development and maintenance] prices.”
Horacio Pagani
He gave comparable causes throughout a 2022 interview for why a deliberate electrical possibility for the Utopia was dropped.
Ought to client developments change and extra of his prospects begin demanding hybrid and even electrical powertrains, Pagani informed The Drive he is prepared.
“Pagani is a household, we don’t have an enormous automaker or conglomerate behind us, now we have to construct what the client desires to purchase and now we have to have plenty of expertise to quickly pivot in case we have to change,” he mentioned.
At the moment, Pagani’s V-12 and deliberate additional evolutions of the engine sit on the appropriate facet of emissions guidelines till 2031. Nevertheless, the corporate plans to maintain the V-12 alive past that date and can do all the things it might to take action.
