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Ferrari: Hybrid Car news
Ferrari has announced that it will be unveiling a hybrid model at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show, but someone decided to ruin the party and leak some images just a few days early. Information is limited, but Ferrari’s foray into the hybrid market is rumored to also utilize an all-wheel drive system and KERS technology, rather than a battery-electric system.
Ferrari first unveiled the Ferrari 599 GTB at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show, and since then rumors have often circulated that Ferrari would one day produce a hybrid version of its exotic sports car.
Adding to the speculation, CNET points out that Ferrari filed for European patents concerning a “4WD system with hybrid propulsion” in June, 2009. By that time, Ferrari had confirmed that it was hard at work developing a hybrid vehicle and hoped to have it ready within a year.
“It has to be the avant-garde in automobile technology. We’re constructing cars with an enormous part of the innovative technology. We’ll present a 599 hybrid in Geneva, which will represent a great path towards the future,” said Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo, while speaking at the presentation of the 2010 Formula One Ferrari.
Speaking to GoAuto at the opening of a new Ferrari-Maserati dealership in Sydney, Australia, Ferrari CEO Amedeo Felisa addressed the company’s Geneva-bound 599 hybrid concept, but said a production version of the show car won’t be viable for another five years. “The suppliers are not ready. Everything is underdeveloped. There is a lot of work to so. It is not for tomorrow. We haven’t decided when [it will be introduced]. It will be around that period [2015], but not before five years,” he told GoAuto.
Although a hybrid powertrain would improve fuel economy by about 30 percent, Felisa says Ferrari will instead focus on other fuel-saving technologies such as cylinder deactivation, automatic start-stop and electrically-power auxiliary systems.
While a hybrid version of the 599 isn’t in the immediate future, Felisa did reveal a GTO version is “coming soon”. Unlike typical hybrids, the 599 hybrid will use a hybrid system derived from Ferrari’s F1 racing efforts. Called Kinetic Energy Recovery System, or KERS, the mild hybrid system employs an electric motor near the rear transaxle and a lithium-ion battery pack. The system allows for regenerative braking as well as an auto start-stop system. Thanks to its F1 roots, Ferrari’s road-going KERS system will also give drivers an electric boost at the touch of a button.
The KERS system won’t turn the 599 into a Prius rival, but it promised to improve fuel efficiency by about 30 percent. Although a large improvement percentage-wise, that bump will only improve real world fuel economy from 8.7 mpg to 13.8 mpg.
Ferrari first unveiled the Ferrari 599 GTB at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show, and since then rumors have often circulated that Ferrari would one day produce a hybrid version of its exotic sports car.
Adding to the speculation, CNET points out that Ferrari filed for European patents concerning a “4WD system with hybrid propulsion” in June, 2009. By that time, Ferrari had confirmed that it was hard at work developing a hybrid vehicle and hoped to have it ready within a year.
“It has to be the avant-garde in automobile technology. We’re constructing cars with an enormous part of the innovative technology. We’ll present a 599 hybrid in Geneva, which will represent a great path towards the future,” said Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo, while speaking at the presentation of the 2010 Formula One Ferrari.
Speaking to GoAuto at the opening of a new Ferrari-Maserati dealership in Sydney, Australia, Ferrari CEO Amedeo Felisa addressed the company’s Geneva-bound 599 hybrid concept, but said a production version of the show car won’t be viable for another five years. “The suppliers are not ready. Everything is underdeveloped. There is a lot of work to so. It is not for tomorrow. We haven’t decided when [it will be introduced]. It will be around that period [2015], but not before five years,” he told GoAuto.
Although a hybrid powertrain would improve fuel economy by about 30 percent, Felisa says Ferrari will instead focus on other fuel-saving technologies such as cylinder deactivation, automatic start-stop and electrically-power auxiliary systems.
While a hybrid version of the 599 isn’t in the immediate future, Felisa did reveal a GTO version is “coming soon”. Unlike typical hybrids, the 599 hybrid will use a hybrid system derived from Ferrari’s F1 racing efforts. Called Kinetic Energy Recovery System, or KERS, the mild hybrid system employs an electric motor near the rear transaxle and a lithium-ion battery pack. The system allows for regenerative braking as well as an auto start-stop system. Thanks to its F1 roots, Ferrari’s road-going KERS system will also give drivers an electric boost at the touch of a button.
The KERS system won’t turn the 599 into a Prius rival, but it promised to improve fuel efficiency by about 30 percent. Although a large improvement percentage-wise, that bump will only improve real world fuel economy from 8.7 mpg to 13.8 mpg.
If the article is correct, we will not see a production 599 hybrid....it's just the platform for this concept. The first production hybrid will most likely be a new Ferrari model....this is just a showcase for the future.
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