Oh, Ferrari, what are you doing? A brand new video from exterior the Prancing Horse’s Maranello manufacturing unit reveals what appears to be staff from the Italian supercar maker testing a Tesla Model S Plaid. We don’t imagine Ferrari has any upcoming plans to deal with the electrical sedan section, so we’re shocked to see the four-door American luxurious automotive inside and round Ferrari’s hallowed grounds.

While Ferrari has embraced electrification within the type of hybrids, which accounted for nearly half of the brand’s sales last year, its first absolutely electrical mannequin received’t arrive till 2025.

Maybe Ferrari is simply getting a really feel for what’s already in the marketplace. Or maybe the corporate’s engineers are benchmarking the Tesla towards an upcoming PHEV system that rockets a automotive to 60 miles per hour in two seconds earlier than igniting the gasoline engine. We don’t know, however we hope Ferrari doesn’t study any of Tesla’s unhealthy habits.

We know the automaker will launch three new cars in 2024, one among which might pack a plug-in hybrid twin-turbocharged V6 engine. The LaFerrari successor will allegedly pack an engine derived from the 296 GTB. We must also see the 812 Superfast substitute debut, but it surely’ll possible lack any electrification and stick to a naturally aspirated V12 engine. The camouflage-wrapped prototypes you see all through the video are possible hints of what is to come back.

Ferrari is likely to be specializing in hybrids proper now, however, like the remainder of the trade, it’s additionally researching battery-electric automobiles. The Model S isn’t Tesla’s hottest mannequin, however with over 1,000 horsepower in its spiciest configuration, any electrical automotive from Ferrari should outperform the four-door American sedan from California.