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A video has captured a mule of Ferrari’s first electric vehicle with external speakers making fake exhaust sounds – though an executive said it would be an ‘authentic’ noise.
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Ferrari’s first electric car has been captured on video, revealing its fake exhaust sound system for the first time.
The prototype mule of the future Ferrari electric car – disguised with the front of the Roma grafted onto a Maserari Levante SUV – was spotted entering its headquarters in Maranello, Italy.
In June 2024, a Ferrari executive told Australian media, including Drive, the sound made by Ferrari’s first electric car would be “authentic”.
"[The sound is] always authentic in a Ferrari,” Emanuele Carando, Ferrari head of product marketing, said when asked if the model would make a real sound, rather than a simulated engine noise.
The Italian sports car brand filed a patent in 2023 to amplify the sounds made by electric motors and other components.
Codenamed F222, it is unclear what body shape the electric Ferrari will become – or what the production version will be named – but the use of a Maserati Levante body for the test mule hints at a higher-riding four-door model, similar to the V12 Purosangue.
It appears Ferrari isn’t the only Italian manufacturer looking to create fake – or ‘amplified’ – engine noises for electric vehicles, with a Hyundai Ioniq 5 N EV recently appearing to be undergoing benchmark tests by Lamborghini.
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Jordan is a motoring journalist based in Melbourne with a lifelong passion for cars. He has been surrounded by classic Fords and Holdens, brand-new cars, and everything in between from birth, with his parents’ owning an automotive workshop in regional Victoria. Jordan started writing about cars in 2021, and joined the Drive team in 2024.
