This Eerily Silent Ferrari 488 Test Mule Can Run On Electricity Alone
Spotted at Ferrari's Fiorano test track, this 488 test chassis clearly pulls away with no noise at all, indicating a new-to-Ferrari layout of hybrid drivetrain
What you’re looking at is a Ferrari 488 GTB test mule, but what you’re listening to is nothing more than the quiet countryside ambiance adjacent to Ferrari’s Fiorano test track. Yup, that right there is a hybrid-powered 488.
There have been rumblings of hybrid drivetrains around Ferrari for a while, now, but this is the first concrete proof we have that hybrid cars are in the pipeline that – unlike the LaFerrari – can run on electric power alone.
Hybrid Ferraris are rumoured to be on the way for 2019. The company has to meet stricter emissions regulations when its annual sales pass 10,000 cars - a target it is close to hitting.
Source: Motor Authority
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This sounds pretty promising, should be lightning fast
Well R.I.P to the “we are not interested in electric cars” quote 😥
I hope it’s not an electric car…
If they are using hybrid tech to save the V12, I’m all for it, though
what I will miss when electric cars take over the world of cars
It seems to have a decent amount of power in electric-only mode. Perhaps this means a return to N/A V8s plus hybrid? If it was twin-turbo hybrid, I think they’d be at serious risk of stealing the thunder of Ferrari’s more expensive cars.
“Aerodynamics are for people who cant build engines” welp there goes that logic
At first I legitimately thought I had no audio.
I don’t mind hybrids, as long as Ferrari don’t go all electric I’m all good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGmqzZ6lAsc
“unlike the LaFerrari”
this is not what Enzo wanted D: