FERRARI PLANS A NEW ELECTRIC HYBRID FUTURE

(Before you go gaga over this Ferrari F80 Supercar Concept, you ought to know that this isn’t a concept product from the Maranello sports car maker. This is in fact, a product of the imagination of Italian designer Adriano Raeli.)

There was a time when the idea that Ferrari would build an electric car was excluded completely. It was simply never going to happen.

But times change and Ferrari is now planning a big shift in its products in the course of the next 10 years, in order to adapt to the changing markets. The company’s new range of hybrid machinery will be revealed in the course of this year ahead. 

Ferrari has already produced a couple of cars, notably the LaFerrari, which it has developed using the technology that has acquired from its F1 programmes. The next generation hybrid is likely to have a much smaller engine than the LaFerrari’s V12. 

Ferrari’s CEO Louis Camillieri says that by 2022 more than 60 percent of Ferrari models will have a hybrid variant and it is only a matter of time before the celebrated supercar company will have an all-electric car. This means that in the longer term Ferrari might be interested in competing in Formula E, if only to show off its technology. Having said that, such a programme is only going to be likely if there is a budget cap in Formula 1 and the racing programme costs Ferrari less than it does today.

Source: JSBM 18-21