Now the sports car, which will have an electric “filling”, is at the development stage. There are no details about the technique yet.
Ferrari is definitely not a mainstream carmaker: the company has a rather modest but stable performance year after year. However, last year, when the entire European car market experienced a serious recession due to the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, the company managed not only to stay afloat, but also to increase its performance. Dealers in 2020 sold 4169 cars in Europe, which is 13% more than a year earlier.
However, in order to maintain their position and expand the audience, the Scuderia still have to adapt to the modern requirements of the old-world authorities. And they want automakers to reduce the level of harmful substances in the atmosphere (if they do not fit into very strict limits, they have to pay impressive fines). For this, most of the mass companies have long been investing in the development of electric cars. Ferrari is just entering the game: the fact that the company is already working on the creation of its first “battery” car, it became known last year. Ferrari SF90 Spider: 100 kg heavier than the coupe, but with a rigid folding roof
Then it was assumed that this is rather a distant prospect, since the company was going to develop a technology that would allow it to release an “outstanding” Ferrari electric car to the market, and the manufacturer called the current technologies “raw” and unsuitable.
But I still had to accelerate. Probably the fact that after 2030 the UK decided to ban the sale of cars with traditional internal combustion engines (hybrids were left until 2035) was also on the list of “brand progress engines”. And Ferrari does not plan to leave the British car market, the company’s management also announced this last year.
Now there is information about the timing of the appearance of the first “green” model of Ferrari. According to Autocar, the head of the company, John Elkann, during a speech at the annual general meeting, said the electric car will be presented in 2025. So, this car will mark a turning point, the beginning of a new chapter in the history of the brand. In the future, Ferrari intends, among other things, to be engaged in the production of plug-in hybrids and to return to participation in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a new hypercar (it will appear in 2023).
So far, John Elkann has not shared any technical details about the electric car being developed. Based on patents leaked last year, Ferrari’s first electric car will have all-wheel drive, with an individual electric motor and gearbox for each wheel. The car is likely to be a two-seater.
During the meeting, the head of the company noted that in the coming months three new items will be presented, there are no details about them at the moment. John Elkann also added that the brand’s first crossover, developed as part of the Purosangue project, will be launched in 2022.