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Viritech partners with Pininfarina on Apricale hydrogen hypercar

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Pininfarina HAS re-interpreted the Apricale’s initial reference design to create a vision of the future of zero-emissions performance motoring. As the tanks have to withstand extremely high pressure (up to 700 bar or 700 times atmospheric pressure), they are very heavy, even when constructed with carbon fiber.

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Toyota Rejoining F1 Via Haas Technical Partnership

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However, we need to break down exactly what Toyota will be doing since it sounds like Ferrari will still be the team’s go-to supplier. However, Ferrari will remain the team’s chief supplier. Haas has been adamant that it will adhere to its contract (which expires in 2028) and that Ferrari remains its most-important partner.

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Ferrari’s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

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Something strange is happening in the Ferrari SF90. Especially since I’m straining to keep pace with Raffaele de Simone just ahead, the Ferrari test driver who routinely sets lap records on this historic circuit, just a few pasta lengths from its factory in Maranello, in northern Italy. Those motors are fed electrons by a 7.9-kilowatt-hour

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BYD launches $233K Yangwang U9 electric supercar that will smoke a Ferrari and can dance

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The world’s leading EV maker, BYD , is taking aim at exotic car manufacturers like Ferrari and Lamborghini with the new Yangwang U9. In fact, the SUV made its debut in Europe at the 2024 Geneva Motor Show this week. Info from China’s MIIT revealed the U7 features over 1,300 hp (960 kW) from four electric motors.

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News: 2024 Pebble Beach Debuts

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liter twin-turbo V8 and an electric motor for 771 hp and 738 lb.-ft. No production plans were announced, but the possibilities for where the premium division of General Motors is going with the Opulent Velocity are intriguing. Just three of the carbon fiber body and chassis 6.6-liter The Revuelto features a mid-engine 6.5-liter

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Lamborghini Huracán successor, Caterham electrical sports activities automotive: These days’s Automobile Information

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The untouched supercar is coming in overdue 2024 with a plug-in hybrid powertrain and in all probability the carbon-fiber bath shared with its Revuelto weighty brother. Ferrari has perceivable the untouched one-off supercar crafted underneath its Particular Initiatives program.

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Auto Racing Test Drives Its Own EV Future

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Still, Ferrari, Red Bull, Mercedes, and McLaren spend hundreds of millions of dollars each year on race engineering and R&D alone. Today’s second-generation car has a 250 kW (335-hp) electric motor on its rear axle, and can reach a solid 280 kph.

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