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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2024
Ferrari S.p.a., Modena, IT;
Antonio Palermo, Modena, IT;
Maddalena Cirillo, Modena, IT;
Roberto Betro′, Modena, IT;
Ugo Sitta, Modena, IT;
FERRARI S.P.A., Modena, IT;
Abstract
A road vehicle includes four wheels, of which at least two are drive wheels; a passenger compartment configured to accommodate at least one driver; at least one electric motor configured to deliver drive torque to the at least two drive wheels; a gear shift system, which is configured to allow the driver to select one of a plurality of virtual gears and to switch from one virtual gear to another while driving; an acoustic system, which comprises at least one reproduction device configured to generate a sound associable with a switch from one virtual gear to another; and a control unit configured to detect a gear shift request from the driver to the gear shift system and control the acoustic system to reproduce the sound.