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Ferrari CEO outlines green plan, hybrid concept could debut at LA show
Ferrari F430 Spider Bio-Fuel at NAIAS 2008 – Click above for a high-res image gallery While the intertubes are abuzz with Lamborghini's announcement of a comprehensive carbon emissions reduction plan, arch-rival Ferrari is keen to show it's keeping pace as the company's CEO has reportedly indicated the direction Maranello is heading with regards to its greenification. Two approaches that Ferrari chief executive Amadeo Felisa confirmed the company is looking into include turbocharging and E85 bio-ethanol. Regarding the former, Felisa ... Read more →
Ferrari files patents for all-wheel drive hybrid! Jeremy Korzeniewski
Ferrari four-wheel-drive hybrid patent images - Click above for an image gallery We've known for quite some time that Ferrari was working on a hybrid sportscar, so it's not too surprising to see ...
Only four cars to run KERS at Monaco Grand Prix Sam Abuelsamid
The ongoing debate among Formula one teams over whether to run kinetic energy recovery systems (KERS) continues as those teams head to the streets of Monaco this weekend. While as many as eight cars ...
Ferrari 599XX may not have hybrid powertrain now, likely will in the future Jeremy Korzeniewski
Ferrari 599XX – Click above for a high-res image gallery Ferrari has just unleashed some fresh details about its ridiculously powerful 599XX prototype, and there's nary a hint of hybrid ...
Confirmed: Ferrari going hybrid Jeremy Korzeniewski
Click above for gallery of the Ferrari 599XX One of the stated reasons that automakers send prototype race cars around tracks at high rates of speed is to further the development of new technology ...
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High Performance, Higher Education: Ferrari estalishes lightweight research lab at Italian university 4 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Ferrari technical training center pictured above for illustrative purposes If there's one thing on which treehuggers and tire-smokers can agree on, it's the need to reduce weight in vehicles. It hurts performance and it hurts fuel efficiency. Few know that as well as Ferrari, which has just ...
Ferrari tested at least three different KERS configurations in F1 car 5 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Ferrari reportedly tested at least three different kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) configurations on its Formula One cars during 2008 and was dissatisfied with all of them. The most unusual setup involved mounting the batteries in the nose of the car. From a weight distribution standpoint, ...
Ferrari goes green with rooftop solar installation 5 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above to enlarge the Ferrari solar roof What's red, green and Italian all at the same time? That would be the rooftop solar installation that Ferrari has recently installed on its Engine Mechanical Machining facility in Maranello, Italy. The system, created and installed by a company ...
Ferrari to fund 6 research programs including CO2 and weight reduction 5 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Ferrari may not be the biggest automaker out there but that doesn't mean the Italian exotic car maker is ignoring environmental and efficiency concerns. Internally, for its own cars, Ferrari is working on adding technologies like direct injection, dual clutch gearboxes, biofuels, weight reduction ...
Huge fine for Mercedes-Benz for poor fuel efficiency 5 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Every year, automakers that fail to meet the federally-mandated CAFE fuel efficiency standards receive fines in proportion to their gas-guzzling crimes. Last year, DaimlerChrysler set a record with a fine of $30,357,635.50, and that figure is proving tough to beat. Still, Mercedes-Benz, which made ...
Ferrari denies working with Peugeot on KERS development 5 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click the Peugeot 908 HY for high-res images Last September, Peugeot announced that it had built a experimental hybrid version of its 908 HDi Le Mans prototype coupe using kinetic energy recovery system (KERS) similar to those currently being developed by Formula One teams. The 908 HY uses an ...
Car and Driver gets in on the "Ferrari's are greener than Priuses" myth 6 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Way back in October at the Paris Motor Show, Ferrari CEO Amedeo Felisa raised a few eyebrows when he asserted that Ferraris produce fewer emissions than Priuses. On the surface, it's true - the total amount of fuel used in and all the emissions from every Ferrari in the world combined is less than ...
BMW to Ferrari re: KERS: Sorry 'bout your lack of competitiveness 6 months ago on AutoblogGreen
It must take guts to call out Ferrari, considering that the Italian marque has been a dominant force in both road-going supercars and in race-ready hardware. In fact, Ferrari managed to take home the coveted Constructors' Championship last year, ably defeating BMW, which finished in third position ...
Ferrari Formula 1 KERS system more expensive than estimated 6 months ago on AutoblogGreen
All of the teams in Formula One have spent a significant portion of 2008 developing and testing the new Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) that will debut in 2009. Among the teams there is a mix of two basic types of systems, a mechanical flywheel-based system and electrical battery-based ...
No oil burning for the prancing horse, Ferrari rejects diesels 8 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Ferrari has set itself an aggressive goal of reducing the carbon dioxide emissions of its cars by 40 percent over the next four years. The company will have to make some pretty drastic changes to its powertrains to achieve that reduction from 400 g/km to about 280 g/km. One change it has no ...
Ferraris greener than Priuses? Statistics to the rescue again! 9 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Ferrari F430 Spider Bio-fuel At some point everyone has probably heard the phrase "Tell me which side of the argument you are on and I will give you the statistics to prove you are right!" That is certainly true when applied to comments made by Ferrari CEO Amedeo Felisa at the Paris Motor Show ...
Ferrari 500? Not really a Ferrari... 11 months ago on AutoblogGreen
There has been quite a lot of speculation about a low-consumption Ferrari, or well, just one that uses less fuel (maybe not that little) but some prayers might have been answered by this: Because Fiat and Ferrari are linked, owners of Ferraris will have a special Fiat 500 as replacement vehicle ...
A human-powered Ferrari for under 200 bucks 11 months ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above for photo gallery Well, what did you expect, an F430 Scuderia? In fairness, you'll get around the city or your college campus a lot easier with this. It's the Ferrari skateboard, available from the Ferrari Store, where you can buy everything short of hemorrhoid medicine emblazoned with ...
Ferrari boss commits to hybrid road cars by 2015 12 months ago on AutoblogGreen
In the past year, Italian high performance icon Ferrari has increasingly showed signs of succumbing to the pressures of the modern world of transportation. At the Detroit Auto Show in January, the Ferrari displayed what was labeled as an E85-fueled F430 Spyder and last year showed a mock up of a ...
Ferrari MilleChili concept to spawn production car 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click above to view the Ferrari Millechili in our hi-res gallery While some could rightly wonder what in the world a Ferrari supercar could do to be green, the fact that the Italian manufacturer of super high performance prancing horses cars is interested in cleaning up its act at all probably ...
VIDEO: Top Gear say "Bah, Humbug!" to hypermiling, finds most efficient supercar 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
With the new series of Top Gear having started recently over in England, the team decided that it was again time to look at fuel economy. A few years back, the show made the round trip from London to Edinburgh and back in an Audi A8 TDI on a single tankful of diesel fuel. Now, with fuel prices ...
Does Simon Cowell own the least eco-friendly fleet of cars in the world? 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
City Car Club, a carshare operator established in 2000 and based in the U.K. operates a fleet of vehicles including many Honda Civic Hybrids. The carshare group recently polled celebrities to find out what kind of vehicles they drive. Afterwards, the average CO2 emissions of their fleets were summed ...
Detroit 2008: More photos than you can shake a stick at 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
The Detroit Auto Show is open to the public this week. If you're the type of person who really wants to be there, but can't find the time or money to arrive, allow me to present you with a viable alternative. Sure, we already brought you news about the green cars that were revealed or are on ...
Detroit 2008: Ferrari goes green, ethanol-fueled F430 to be announced! 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Click the F430 for a high-res gallery Ferrari is not a brand known for environmental responsibility or fuel efficiency. However, they will be making some kind of announcement tomorrow here at Cobo Hall and it will involve the curvy beauty you see pictured here. Hey, I was talking about the car! ...
Video: Lotus, Ferrari, Tesla are using lightweight aluminum in their cars 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
As you can see in the video above, aluminum is the latest thing in sport car body frames. Ferrari is working with Alcoa on the aluminum "space frame" which weighs just 440 pounds, one third the weight of a steel frame. The way the frame is put together is also very important. Tesla worked with ...
UK scientist: Young women can fight global warming by realizing Ferraris don't make a guy sexy 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
How can young women fight global warming? According to a chief scientist for the British government, Professor Sir David King, they can help out by no longer thinking guys that drive Ferraris are sexy. I will let Sir King speak for himself: I was asked at a lecture by a young woman about what she ...
Ferrari's director general: "A hybrid Ferrari will come" 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Turns out the Ferrari importer we quoted recently was wrong; Ferrari will make a hybrid. Here is Ferrari's Director General Amedeo Felisa in an interview with Auto Motor and Sport (pardon the rough Google translation of the article from German to English): The CO2-Diskussion achieved even more ...
Ferrari CEO: we are considering ethanol 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Ferrari probably won't make a hybrid or a full electric car but they just might make a flex-flex car that can run on E85. That possibility comes directly from Maurizio Parlato, President and CEO of Ferrari North America, at the end of an interview at the LA Auto Show with the Wall Street Journal, ...
Ferrari probably won't make a hybrid or electric car 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Here is the general manager of the Ferrari importer European Automotive Imports Kevin Wall's response to the question would Ferrari ever make a hybrid or electric car: I believe there is no possibility of that whatsoever. ... It just so happens that the way that the vehicles are being produced by ...
Ferrari looking to cut CO2 emissions, reduce fuel use by 40 percent 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Ferrari has been making some moves towards making vehicles that emit less CO2 and use less fuel. Today, Reuters is reporting that Ferrari's future (by 2012) will be one where the iconic red automobiles use 40 percent fuel and drop average CO2 emissions from 400 gm/km to 280-300. 300 grams per km is ...
Ferrari branded Segway... when the i2 is just not exclusive enough 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
What would you expect from a Ferrari-branded Segway? Quick acceleration, fast top-speeds, excellent handling and good looks come to mind. Depending on your point of view (and personal opinion) at least one of those points has been addressed with the aforementioned Ferrari/Segway tie-up. In our ...
Ferrari tests the direct injection waters 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
There are many who question whether or not small-volume or high-performance manufacturers should be held to the same emissions and fuel economy regulations as the larger automakers. Ferrari qualifies as both a small-volume (though getting larger) and a (very) high performance company. Indeed, the ...
What's next for the Ferrari Millechili eco-friendly concept? 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Remember when we showed you Ferrari's last concept car, the Millechili? Although made of cardboard, the car did offer some very interesting features in an effort to boost Ferrari's green-street-cred. They already have plenty of normal street-cred, as they say, so they decided to go a different ...
Project Gotham Racing 4 to feature an "Electric Vs. Petrol Showdown"! 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/xbox_360/Dream_race_PGR4_features_electric_Tesla_vs_gasoline_Ferrari_showdown'; Project Gotham Racing 4 is truly shaping up to be an awesome game for us Tesla Roadster lovers out there! We've brought you footage of the Tesla Roadster racing for the video game, and now ...
VIDEO: Project Gotham Racing 4 to feature the Tesla Roadster! 1 year ago on AutoblogGreen
Warning: Do Not Try this at home! ABG reader Joseph wrote in the other night to let us know about some videos featuring some street racing between A Tesla Roadster, an unidentified sport bike, a Mercedes McLaren SLR, a '63 Corvette and a Ferrari F430. Since Teslas aren't in public hands yet, I ...
The Ferrari Mille Chili eco-concept - picture and details inside! 2 years ago on AutoblogGreen
UPDATE: We wanted to make sure that all of our readers are aware that this is just a concept. There is no chance that this vehicle is going to go into production. In fact, the concept is made of paper and wood... which is leaving many a sour taste in their mouths. I'll be honest here... it doesn't ...
