Can Ferrari go ”green”?
One of the disadvantages of super cars is the high level of expelled CO2 emissions, which is bad for you and the environment. However, the pressure to ”go green” isn’t just for the mass market, super cars must improve too, but it isn’t so easy in the case of super cars. At least Ferrari is now trying to do something about this issue and its looking to cut about 20% of CO2 emissions by 2020 (which seems far away, but is actually short in car-years).
In the late 1970s, performance cars suffered a huge blow when the necessity for better economy and lower emissions crippled their power. It took nearly a decade for the power of the cars to return. Today however, we’re in the middle of another push for better vehicle efficiency, but lightweight materials and hybrids mean that everyone can be happy.
Ferrari Powertrain Director Vittorio Dini recently told Automotive News Europe that it will improve its current average C02 emissions of 270 grams per kilometer by 20 percent by 2021, to reach about 216 grams of C02 per kilometer. To achieve these ambitious scores, the company will exploit a relatively simple path. “In the future, all of our V8s will use turbos,” said Dini. Also, its V12s will use hybridization because it’ll be a better choice for them compared to the heat of multiple turbos, he claimed.
We hope this plan works out for Ferrari. Designing a ”greener” super car would be beneficial for the brand and it will definitely set the bar high for other super car brands.