Will Electric Vehicle’s technology be able to meet the needs of a Ferrari?
It feels impossible to predict what the world will look like next week, or next year, after the Coronavirus outbreak. Yet, worldwide stakes like reducing the emissions that contribute to climate change will be taken more solemnly to reduce ecological damage, what will emerge EVs (electric vehicles) in the coming years.
Details of Ferrari’s future electric car have been revealed in a series of patents leaked online, and provides some insight informations about the supercar EV from Maranello, scooped up by Taycan EV forum. The drawing suggests the company’s EV could be a GT-style Ferrari with a room for two only, and will have four electric motors, one powering each wheel. Is Ferrari ready to go fully electric? Not yet.
Producing a pure electric Ferrari is a considerable challenge, the Italian company won’t produce an electric car just for the sake of it, they will rather improve this technology to meet the requirements of their cars and ensure it can deliver on the brand’s DNA. For now, clients appeared to be satisfied of electrified technology in Ferrari’s hybrid hypercars, the LaFerrari & SF90 Stradale. They combine the use of gasoline engines and electric motors, which gives the benefit to the driver of driving the car silently while using EV mode, or use the combustion engine to hear its beautiful roar on the road.
However, when asked if the company would be able to continue to operate in the UK if the planned sales ban on non- electric cars is introduced in 2032, commercial boss Enrico Galliera has said in a statement to Autocar: “We will meet all the regulations that will come into force to compete in a market, and we don’t believe that such regulations will force us to make special plans.”
With the launch of the 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged 986hp SF90 Stradale, Ferrari’s first Plug-In hybrid vehicle that can be charged through an electrical cable like a fully electric car, the company hopes to go 60% hybrid by 2022. Then, Ferrari will finally reveal its first all- electric supercar that wouldn't debut before 2025, Ferrari’s CEO Louis Camilleri affirmed.