Mid-way with last year, Ferrari’s CEO John Elkann verified that the business would introduce its very first pure-electric sports vehicle in 2025. It seems Ferrari is steaming ahead with the advancement process, as the firm has just filed a patent for a new electrified sports vehicle platform, which we expect will underpin its upcoming EV rival for the Tesla Roadster.
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Ferrari’s patent application is for a floorpan as well as chassis, which has area for two battery packs. There’s a larger system mounted in the rear of the vehicle as well as a wide, flat pack fixed beneath the traveler compartment, which has been shaped to leave sufficient area for the occupants. Both batteries are fixed to their own floor section, which is separate from the vehicle’s primary chassis as well as bolted into the vehicle from underneath.
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The shape of the prototype in Ferrari’s patent sketches likewise suggests its very first full-electric design won’t stray as well far from the style language set out by its combustion-engined vehicles. The battery pack as well as electric motors will be housed in the rear of the vehicle, occupying the area usually allocated for the combustion engine as well as gearbox.
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Even though Ferrari’s patent drawings show this new platform has been designed with completely electric powertrains in mind, the business states it has left sufficient area in the suggested design for a hybrid sports vehicle featuring a combustion engine to be based on the exact same underpinnings.
It’s possible that we might soon see one more low-slung hybrid design from Ferrari in the middle of the decade, around the exact same time the firm introduces its very first EV.
Ferrari states that there’s sufficient area in both the front as well as rear of the platform to put a combustion engine. But, judging by these images, this platform will have a likewise shaped front end to the F8 Tributo as well as 296 GTB, which means there won’t be anywhere near sufficient area for a petrol engine up front.
However, if Ferrari does slot a combustion engine into this suggested platform, it’s likely it would be found behind the traveler compartment, with the restricted area up front utilized to home an electric motor.
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