#NAIAS: Ferrari To Answer Tesla's Roadster With New EV Sports Car

Tesla has turned the world of supercars on its head when it unveiled a prototype of its next-generation Roadster with record-breaking specs last year.

It created a benchmark for future supercars, especially electric ones, and now Ferrari wants to try to beat Tesla at its own game.

Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat/Chrysler and consequently, the man in charge of Ferrari, has been clear about only developing electric vehicles for incentives, claiming that he doesn’t understand how anyone can make money selling electric cars other than to comply with government mandates. He went as far as publicly asking customers not to buy FCA’s electric vehicles and claiming that he could easily copy Tesla.

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TomM - 1/17/2018 11:19:45 AM

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1 - Any manufacturer could copy a tesla - they released the rights to their patents - so one could make a car similar to theirs.

2 - No Tesla supercar has established benchmarks for anything - until they actually produce it. In theory - they could produce a car that would meet their specs - in reality they cannot produce enough Cheaper versions of the Model 3 according to them (THey could -they just have to stop producing the expensive versions) - and it is likely that is because they do not actually make money on the strippers.

zlives - 1/22/2018 8:21:06 PM

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the tesla sport scar is in orbit around mars already... its so fast... or at least that's what i remember Elon saying.

SanJoseDriver - 1/17/2018 12:22:25 PM

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1.) If it was that easy it would have already been done. Tesla released their patents but not their trade secrets. If you don't think they have trade secrets, you are seriously mistaken. (FYI, Coke-a-cola is not patented, it is a trade secret).

2.) The P100D while not a traditional supercar has set some performance benchmarks that Ferrari has yet to beat.

scenicbyway12 - 1/17/2018 5:43:59 PM

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" The P100D while not a traditional supercar has set some performance benchmarks that Ferrari has yet to beat."

No it hasn't all we have is Tesla preview numbers, right now it's just vapor-ware.

SanJoseDriver - 1/23/2018 1:21:10 AM

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I'm talking about the Model S P100D that has been around for years.

SanJoseDriver - 1/24/2018 12:23:49 AM

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What are you smoking?

MDarringer - 1/24/2018 8:16:32 AM

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@SanJoseDriver Are you really saying Teslas are track monsters? Elon, is that you?

SanJoseDriver - 1/26/2018 1:53:06 AM

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Goddamn it, no I don't... P90D did it in 8:50, and I can't find P100D times. It doesn't look like Model S can complete the track at full power. It would be interesting to see the stripped Electric GT versions of the Model S take on the track since it gets around the limiter with special cooling. The issue seems to be cooling the motors, not the battery.

The NIO EP9 EV can do it is 6:45 (world record), so an EV can be a track car--but it doesn't look like Tesla is there yet.

vdiv - 1/17/2018 1:28:32 PM

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That doesn't sound like an answer, it sounds like a submission, a defeat.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 1/17/2018 6:32:12 PM

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Ferrari will not produce a BEV. Not yet. Adding F1 derived hybrid technology will keeping a V8 or V12 petrol engine in the car will be the direction they take. Perhaps the engines will get smaller as batteries get better.

supermoto - 1/18/2018 2:00:54 PM

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Hybreid for sure. EV, not until the tech is much improved.