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Ferrari Targets All-Electric Car

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Ultimate Electric Car Source:  Ferrari SF90 Stradale Hybrid  Ferrari's Hybrid:  Their Most Powerful Car Ferrari is going all-electric.  CEO Louis Camilleri told reporters he anticipates the all-electric Ferrari will come out sometime around 2025.  It's coming in a few years because Camilleri says the battery technology isn't where it should be yet, including the need for faster recharging.  He also wants advanced autonomous systems.  Camilleri sees the advanced technology coming together to create Ferrari's first all electric car by the mid-2020's. Ferrari Now Focused on Hybridization Ferrari's newest model, the SF90 Stradale, is the company most powerful car ever.  And, it's a plug-in hybrid.  The vehicle packs 986 horsepower, reaches 60 mph in 2.5 seconds and has maximum speeds of 211 mph.  Ferrari is focusing on hybridization now and hopes to have a 60% hybrid lineup by 2022, when it will introduce its first SUV...

Important Innovations Collection: Making Autonomous Cars Safer

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MIT's New Tech to Make Self-Driving Cars Safer Source:  MIT ShadowCam A new device, ShadowCam, invented by MIT engineers and computer scientists, enables a self-driving car to read tiny changes in shadows on the ground in order to spot an oncoming vehicle or walking pedestrian behind a corner and in a blind-spot.  It's been successfully tested in indoor, enclosed parking lots. It appears to make self-driving vehicles a lot safer. For more details, go to  Important Innovations Collection: Making Autonomous Cars Safer : ShadowCam - New MIT Technology Source:  MIT Cars That See Around Corners MIT engineers and computer scientists have invented a new d...