Wednesday, 13 July 2016

All-electric Ferrari – obscene?



Credit: ElectricGT

Ferrari’s Marchionne is reported to have said of an all-electric Ferrari, “With Ferrari, it's almost an obscene concept.”1,2

Good to keep an open mind.

On the other hand, when Eric Hutchinson discovered a Ferrari 308 with an engine that had been destroyed in a fire, electric drive seemed like a good idea.

Conversion process
http://www.electricgt.com/about/

Completed vehicle
http://www.electricgt.com/



Boy Genius Report
http://bgr.com/2016/05/10/electric-ferrari-electric-gt/
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1 Road & Track: “Marchionne: all-electric Ferrari ‘an obscene concept’”, http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/future-cars/news/a28377/electric-ferrari-youll-have-to-shoot-me-first-says-marchionne/

2 AutoBlog: “Marchionne: all-electric Ferrari ‘an obscene concept’”
http://www.autoblog.com/2016/03/04/marchionne-all-electric-ferrari-an-obscene-concept/
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