Official: Ferrari 599 Hybrid debuts at the Geneva Motor Show 2010

Ferrari will launch its first hybrid technology model Ferrari 599, confirmed the Italian company director, Luca di Montezemolo, the official presentation of the team and Formula 1 car for 2010. The model will debut in Geneva in March.

Luca di Montezemolo, Ferrari company director, has officially confirmed that the first hybrid vehicle, a prototype based on the model 599 will officially debut at Geneva Motor Show in March, without specifying details.

European patents have already revealed last year that Ferrari is working on a hybrid powertrain, wheel drive, where the front engine driving the front wheels. Italian magazine published an article in Quattroroute which says that the new system uses an electric motor and Li-ion batteries to reduce CO2 emissions polluting V12 engine with up to 35%.

According to sources in the Ferrari, the hybrid system is derived from the system KERS (kinetic energy recovery system), used in Formula 1 season in 2009.

Source: http://www.ferrari.com/