I think that there is no need in reminding you that greenhouse gases are affecting the air which is more and more polluted. Due to this problem, car manufacturers are forced to design greener cars that will not have negative impacts on the environment.
We all know what Toyota managed to do as the Prius is the most renowned hybrid-car in the world. A while ago, the European Council came up with a new rule which will lead the automakers to manufacture cars with an 130g/km limit of the CO2 levels by 2012. This ruling would ruin the business of supercar manufacturers like Ferrari or Lamborghini.
In a recent interview with German newspaper Welt am Sonntag, Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo said that they are planning to reduce CO2 levels by 40% before 2012. They will make it possible thanks to a new hybrid technology and Ferrari might build cars powered by turbocharged V6 engines which are smaller and more fuel-efficient.
“We are currently working on the development of a Ferrari that will use alternative energy sources and which will be based on what we are doing at the moment in Formula 1″, he said. KERS or Kinetic Energy Recycling System is a technique based on the brake-energy-regeneration principle and it consists of a super-efficient CVT gearbox which uses a spinning flywheel to harness energy when the car brakes. This energy will be perfect to increase the acceleration needed when overtaking or cornering.
In the end, Luca di Montezemolo revealed that the hybrid Ferrari “would still have to fundamentally a Ferrari” therefore we can still expect high-performance cars. The problem is that the first hybrid Ferraris will enter on the market “until around 2015″. I guess we will have to wait and see what Ferrari will prepare for us.
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July 8th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
I don’t think any manufacturers have much choice about doing this sort of thing now. If they don’t have cheaper running cars, they will lose market share.
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July 9th, 2008 at 7:42 am
Ferrari tends to be a trend setter when it comes to advanced automotive technology. It’s a shame they dropped the ball on the hybrid market and are getting in so late.
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July 12th, 2008 at 3:48 am
That’s really welcome step and must be appreciated and such steps should be taken by other manufacturers. Which in turn will be a great step for the humanity.
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