Ferrari wants to keep building V12-powered cars for as long as regulations allow it to, but it's also working on its first series-produced EV.
Ferrari's entry-level model is a V6-electric plug-in hybrid, but the company stressed that downsizing won't spread across its entire lineup. It plans to keep the naturally-aspirated V12 engine alive for as long as possible, even as it prepares to release its first electric supercar.
Arch rival Lamborghini remains committed to the naturally-aspirated V12 as well, but how long these companies can continue making 12-cylinder engines without summoning a dark cloud of disapproval from regulators remains to be seen. In the European Union, the sale of new piston-powered cars will be illegal in 2035, though a last-minute exemption was made for some synthetic fuels. Lawmakers in the United Kingdom have settled on 2035 as well.
That doesn't mean Ferrari believes electric motors are only useful to move windows and wipers. The company is working on its first series-produced electric car, an enigmatic model tentatively due out by the end of 2025, and early details are beginning to trickle out.
While some brands leverage an electric drivetrain's silence as a major selling point, Ferrari believes its EVs should make noise. It won't be a fake noise that mimics a V12 or a V8, however. It will be"authentic," Carando said, which suggests it will be tailored to some aspect of an electric drivetrain's operation. The motor's whine, perhaps? Other details, like the segment that the EV will fall in, also remain to be seen.
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