With Ferrari’s hybrid plans now made public, we could be seeing the first attempt at a hybrid Ferrari earlier than previously imagined. In an interview with Car and Driver, Ferrari CEO Amedeo Felisa said that a Ferrari hybrid concept would soon be presented, most likely at an upcoming US auto show.

Felisa revealed that the Frankfurt show in September is too early, but said that the concept would appear soon after, at a US show, making the November event in Los Angeles a possibility. The hybrid platform is still unknown, but the Ferrari patents recently leaked show an all wheel drive model with possible start-and-stop technology.

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If you’re a dedicated Ferrari fan you might be wondering what’s happening at a company so steeped in powerful supercar tradition that it’s hard to imagine it would ever dabble in modern ecological technology. But leaked drawings reveal that Ferrari is developing hybrid plans.

The designs show an electric motor powering two wheels with a combustion engine powering the remaining wheels, or two electric motors placed inside the wheels themselves, combined with the same previous combustion engine system.

Ferrari is arguing that it’s hybrid technology will be used not to increase fuel efficiency necessarily, but to create an effective all wheel drive vehicle with refined handling.

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