“Times are changing, and we have to prepare for new times. The success of the 750S shows our customers love ICE cars, but maybe there are other customers, and they’re interested in other stuff.”
But before you roll your eyes at the idea of an electric McLaren, the automaker is looking at alternatives. Like Toyota and BMW, the company believes there isn’t one solution to the climate crisis. Leiters mentioned e-fuels specifically and noted that he welcomes the EU’s proposal that makes a case for synthetic fuel.
“For a use case like we have, low volume and low mileage, you have to invest so much in the emissions in the production of an electric vehicle. How can we recover that in our lifecycle? It doesn’t make sense, right? So I think it’s very important to always consider the environment and the circumstances in which you are making decisions,” added Leiters.
But before an electric McLaren arrives – or one that runs on e-fuels – the automaker will introduce a hybridized V8 engine.