{"id":40844,"date":"2025-08-27T12:53:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T10:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/?p=40844"},"modified":"2025-08-27T12:53:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T10:53:59","slug":"his-ferrari-laferrari-v12-hybrid-breaks-down-and-he-avoids-a-180000-e-bill-thanks-to-battery-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.italpassion.fr\/en\/ferrari\/sa-ferrari-laferrari-v12-hybride-tombe-en-panne-il-evite-une-facture-de-180-000-e-grace-a-la-reparation-de-sa-batterie\/","title":{"rendered":"His Ferrari LaFerrari V12 hybrid breaks down: he avoids a \u20ac180,000 bill thanks to battery repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Ferrari<\/a> LaFerrari is a legendary car. Introduced in 2013 at the Geneva Motor Show, and produced in just 499 examples, it was the Italian marque's first hybrid hypercar. Its naturally-aspirated 6.3-liter V12 engine, combined with an F1-inspired electric motor via the Hy-KERS system, develops a total output of 963 hp. That's enough to propel this hypercar from 0 to 100 km\/h in 2.9 seconds and exceed 350 km\/h. But as is often the case with hybrid technologies, there is an Achilles heel: the battery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A breakdown after just 1,440 km<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The story takes place in Croatia. A 2014 LaFerrari owner, with just 1,440 km on the clock, saw his hypercar break down. Diagnosis: hybrid battery out of order. At Ferrari, the proposed solution was simple but brutal: replace the entire battery pack, at an astronomical cost of... \u20ac180,000. Enough to make even a collector accustomed to hefty bills break out in a cold sweat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EV Clinic to the rescue<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Rather than write this dizzying check, the lucky (but unlucky) owner turned to EV Clinic, a Croatian workshop specializing in electric and hybrid car batteries. Their mission: to analyze, document and understand what was wrong with this precious pack, which weighs around 60 kg and contains 120 cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After several days of investigation, the technicians discovered two faults:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • a problem with defective cells,<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • and a manufacturing assembly defect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    In other words, the battery was not totally dead, but the victim of a localized failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    A meticulous job, a high bill avoided<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    The experts at EV Clinic therefore set about repairing the battery, cell by cell, rather than replacing it entirely. It's a painstaking task that has brought the LaFerrari back to life, while saving the owner the cost of a small house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The exact cost of the repair has not been disclosed, but it certainly bears no comparison with the \u20ac180,000 claimed for a new package. The owner, according to EV Clinic, left \"extremely satisfied\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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