Ferrari F430 pretends to be an electric car, hogs EV charger
11/11/2024 05:00 PM
This petrol-powered F430 was spotted parked in a bay reserved for electric vehicles, while the plug can be seen resting within the car’s rear wheel.
A photo of a Ferrari F430 parking in an electric car charging bay has gone viral online, with the incident attracting a range of commenters either supporting or condemning the exotic car driver's decision.
The Ferrari F430 was allegedly caught at an unspecified carpark in Greece, with the photo uploaded to a local Facebookelectric vehicle group on 6 November 2024.
Adding insult to injury, the EV charge plug can be seen resting within the supercar's rear wheel, though it's unclear if it actually was the Ferrari driver who placed it there.
According to the original Facebook user who posted the photo, "There were many free parking spaces".
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"It's a yes from me," one commenter wrote, while another added: "A classic hater. He's somewhere around there and he sees why he's afraid of keys".
The act of parking an internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle in an EV charge bay is commonly known as 'ICEing', and has surged in popularity across other countries including Australia, with local road authorities having introduced new anti-ICEing laws to combat offenders willingly preventing EV drivers from accessing chargers.
Fines for purposefully blocking an EV charger in Australia can range from $185 (Tasmania) to $3226 (Queensland), with Australian states and territories setting specific penalty amounts for ICEing.
In terms of Ferraris that can actually be plugged in to recharge, the brand currently produces the plug-in hybrid 296 and SF90 models.
Ferrari is also in the process of developing two battery-powered models, with one unnamed insider telling Reuters the first battery-powered car from the exotic car maker is tipped to start from €500,000 ($AU 1 million).
Ferrari previously announced its electric car sales forecast in June 2024, with the Italian manufacturer stating its battery-powered car could account for five per cent of 2026 sales and a further 40 per cent of global sales by 2030.
Despite planning to introduce electric vehicles to its line-up, Emanuele Carando, Ferrari’s head of product marketing, previously told Australian media including Drive the addition of lower emission models in its historic lineage is indicative of client demand and not global trends.
"We didn’t communicate we’ll move to 100 per cent to electric vehicles, but we only said we offer a new technology because we think there is an opportunity to deliver new driving thrills thanks to that technology," Carando said.
"But then it’s going to be the clients who decide whether to buy an internal-combustion natural [non-hybrid] engine, a plug-in hybrid, or an electric vehicle.
"No changes have been [made] to our strategy and our plan despite what’s happening worldwide in the electric vehicle market," Carando added.
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