Ferrari EV prototype spotted with fake exhaust sound: Video
01/11/2025 02:00 PM
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.
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.
The video, posted by Varryx (@varryx_ on Instagram), reveals an audible engine-like sound – similar to the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, Dodge Charger and Abarth 500e electric cars – coming from speakers on the test car, not its tacked-on exhaust pipes.
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.
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The Maserati Levante was also used as the basis for early prototypes of the Purosangue, Ferrari's first SUV.
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.
The Hyundai was captured leaving Lamborghini's headquarters in Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy, as the brand prepares to launch its first electric car – the Lanzador – by 2029.
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