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Ferrari is testing Tesla Model S Plaid ahead of its first EV

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Ferrari is testing a Tesla Model S Plaid ahead of launching its own first all-electric supercar, which should be coming in the next two years. There’s one famous automaker who hasn’t gone electric just yet, and that’s Ferrari. The Ferrari SF90 Stradale, a hybrid, comes close behind. Regardless, it is also all-electric.

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Fiat Chrysler and Italian grid operator Terna partner on V2G trials

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The CEO and General Manager of Terna, Luigi Ferraris, and the Chief Operating Officer of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) in EMEA, Pietro Gorlier, signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the joint trialing of sustainable mobility services and technologies such as Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G).

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In Memoriam: Marcello Gandini, an Automotive Design Master

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His work on the 2+2 Lamborghini Urraco show car in 1970 inspired Ferrari, who ventured away from their Pininfarina ways and employed Bertone to design the Dino 308 GT4. The Dino was a 2+2, the first V8 Ferrari, and the only Bertone design Ferrari ever used. & Gandini’s design legacy on the automobile is permanent.

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Mobility services infrastructure company Via closes Series E round; valued at $2.25B

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With a Net Asset Value of around $26 billion as of 31 December 2019, its portfolio is principally made up of companies in which EXOR is a leading shareholder: PartnerRe, Ferrari, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, CNH Industrial, Juventus FC and The Economist Group.

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ZF and start-up Levant Power partnering on first fully active, regenerative suspension for automobiles

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founded in 2009 out of MIT ( earlier post ), is an emerging technology company headquartered working to develop the first fully active, regenerative suspension for the automotive, trucking, mass transit, and defense industries. Levant Power Corp., The production numbers continue to rise; 2011 marked the temporary record high with more than 2.2

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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. The twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter

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Lithia unloads Toyota, Ford and Bentley-Lotus dealerships

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Lithia mentioned it offered Bentley of Denver-Lotus of Denver, in the past housed in its Ferrari of Denver dealership in Highlands Ranch, Colo., Lithia plans to finish a complete transform of the Ferrari bind in keeping with the automaker’s unused symbol program, which is to be unveiled then this hour, Dobry mentioned in an e-mail.

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