Lamborghini has quashed rumours that it's working on a full electric supercar, but has confirmed that plug-in hybrid technology is on the way for its supercars.

Speaking exclusively with CarAdvice at the 2017 Frankfurt motor show, Lamborghini director of research and development, Maurizio Reggiani, said that full-electric technology isn't there yet for supercars.

"If I look in the next outlook of a super sports car, I see PHEV (plug-in hybrid) being the next jump in technology, full-electric [technology isn't] suitable for a super sports car," Reggiani said.

"In terms of maximum speed, packaging, weight of the battery and for this reason we are looking for, the next generation of super sport vehicle will be focussed on PHEV technology where we wish the weight of the battery and packaging can decrease."

"But we can still confirm the emotion of a thermodynamic engine and people will still buy this car because of the characteristics such as sound and the DNA emotion that we cannot delete from the brand," said Reggiani.