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Ferrari is preparing a shared platform for its next generation of cars, and the Italian automaker has signed a deal with Altair Product Design.
This is about a longtime partner of Ferrari, which is specialized in design and engineering. According to Altair, the platform will be used for several vehicle derivatives made by Ferrari, and these will be flagship models.
We expect them to develop the successor of the LaFerrari together, as the specialists at Altair have already worked with Ferrari employees for over a decade and have had clearance to the brand’s vehicle development center.
As Automotive News reports, the next-generation platform designed for Ferrari will be 15% lighter than its current equivalents. At the same time, crash resistance is increased, noise will be reduced, and vibration and harshness will also be dampened. The second round of improvements brings an enhancement of up to 20%.
Royston Jones, Altair’s Product Design’s global technology officer, has also stated that the next platform from Ferrari is developed with an “optimum material layout,” and with a “massive deployment of structural optimization.” Together, the two points of the strategy will provide “outstanding weight/performance characteristics.”
Thanks to the all-new shared platform, a solution employed by volume automakers on an industrial scale, Ferrari will be able to market lighter and faster vehicles. Furthermore, the common platform will allow the Italian brand to broaden its range with lower costs, while ensuring the new models will drive like they should.
If Ferrari manages to make its cars lighter, faster, and safer at the same time, the Italian automaker could stay away from electric vehicles for a longer period. As battery technology advances, Ferrari will be able to introduce hybrids in its range without severe weight penalties on its production models, all thanks to advanced platform solutions like the one described above.
We expect them to develop the successor of the LaFerrari together, as the specialists at Altair have already worked with Ferrari employees for over a decade and have had clearance to the brand’s vehicle development center.
As Automotive News reports, the next-generation platform designed for Ferrari will be 15% lighter than its current equivalents. At the same time, crash resistance is increased, noise will be reduced, and vibration and harshness will also be dampened. The second round of improvements brings an enhancement of up to 20%.
Royston Jones, Altair’s Product Design’s global technology officer, has also stated that the next platform from Ferrari is developed with an “optimum material layout,” and with a “massive deployment of structural optimization.” Together, the two points of the strategy will provide “outstanding weight/performance characteristics.”
Thanks to the all-new shared platform, a solution employed by volume automakers on an industrial scale, Ferrari will be able to market lighter and faster vehicles. Furthermore, the common platform will allow the Italian brand to broaden its range with lower costs, while ensuring the new models will drive like they should.
If Ferrari manages to make its cars lighter, faster, and safer at the same time, the Italian automaker could stay away from electric vehicles for a longer period. As battery technology advances, Ferrari will be able to introduce hybrids in its range without severe weight penalties on its production models, all thanks to advanced platform solutions like the one described above.
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