{"id":74755,"date":"2024-07-24T09:03:22","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T13:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=74755"},"modified":"2024-07-24T09:03:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T13:03:22","slug":"1143897_ferrari-ceo-e-fuel-may-be-how-gas-supercars-live-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=74755","title":{"rendered":"Ferrari CEO: E-fuel may be how gas supercars live on"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Ferrari wants to keep the engine alive in the electric era<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Synthetic fuel might be how Ferrari keeps the internal combustion alive<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ferrari&#8217;s already working on its first EV<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One of the biggest allures of a Ferrari is the sound of the car&#8217;s engine.<\/p>\n<p>The maker of some of the world&#8217;s most desirable supercars and now also an SUV understands that <strong>the emotion the sound<\/strong> of one of its V-8 or V-12 engines creates cannot be matched by an electric vehicle, and as a result it may turn to carbon-neutral alternatives to gasoline like synthetic e-fuel or even hydrogen to keep the internal-combustion engine alive against the backdrop of stricter emissions rules, its CEO has revealed.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"static-marker-video-player-primis\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/new-cars\/ferrari-ceo-e-fuels-are-way-forward-ice-supercars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Autocar<\/a> published on Tuesday, Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna said, \u201cwe believe there is still a <strong>valid way forward for ICE car<\/strong>s and this is going to be supported by the development of carbon-neutral fuel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also revealed that Ferrari is already working with partners in the <strong>e-fuel industry<\/strong> to prepare for a potential switch to e-fuels in Formula 1 as soon as 2026. The sport will introduce a 100% sustainable fuel in F1 by the 2026 season, and the leading solution is the use of e-fuel. Saudi Arabian oil giant Aramco, a leading sponsor of F1, is part of the team looking to develop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1138922_aramco-joins-geely-and-renault-to-develop-ice-e-fuel-solutions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">e-fuel for use in motorsports<\/a>, and eventually road cars.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper first_wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100844868_m\" title=\"Benedetto Vigna\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"Benedetto Vigna\" width=\"640\" height=\"402\" class=\"first_image lazy\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"644\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/benedetto-vigna_100844868_l.jpg\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/benedetto-vigna_100844868_l.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/benedetto-vigna_100844868_l.jpg\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/benedetto-vigna_100844868_l.jpg\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/benedetto-vigna_100844868_m.jpg\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/benedetto-vigna_100844868_s.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Benedetto Vigna<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Vigna also revealed that Ferrari is <strong>looking at hydrogen<\/strong>, though doesn&#8217;t expect it to become widely available before 2030. Like with e-fuels, he said hydrogen will be trialed first in motorsports.<\/p>\n<p>The first hydrogen-powered racing series, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1143688_extreme-h-launches-as-world-s-first-hydrogen-racing-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Extreme H<\/a>, is due to start competition next year. The off-road racing series will feature race cars powered by electric motors drawing energy from a combination of a hydrogen fuel cell and a battery.<\/p>\n<p>However, a racing series using hydrogen engines might not be far off. Organizers of the 24 Hours of Le Mans is looking to introduce a class for hydrogen-powered cars as soon as 2026, and at this years Le Mans a number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1143519_missionh24-evo-hydrogen-race-car-concept-revealed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concepts were on display<\/a>. Le Mans contenders like Alpine and Toyota have already shown hydrogen-powered race car concepts, and others like Porsche and even Ferrari are thought to be planning something similar. Patents reveal that Ferrari has already started some development of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1142929_ferrari-patents-hydrogen-powered-engine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hydrogen-powered engines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, Ferrari is working on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1143591_first-ferrari-ev-tipped-to-cost-over-half-a-million-dollars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">its first EV<\/a><\/strong>. It&#8217;s due late next year and is tipped to be another SUV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ferrari wants to keep the engine alive in the electric era Synthetic fuel might be how Ferrari keeps the internal combustion alive Ferrari&#8217;s already working on its first EV One of the biggest allures of a Ferrari is the sound of the car&#8217;s engine. The maker of some of the world&#8217;s most desirable supercars and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/74756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}