Rumors from various mayor sites call these images to be the proof of a patent filled by Ferrari for its new AWD and hybrid system. As you can see there are various different schemes.
I won't hide it, I'm doubtful.
Mostly because afaik they worked on the AWD (by Haldex) without considering any sort of hybrid system to attach to it. So it was a merely mechanical system and only on front engined cars.
Atm Ferrari i working on two new cars, the new F430 scheduled for Frankfurt and not provided both of a AWD system or a KERS one. It isn't designed to accomodate them.
the other car is the 612 replacement, designed to accomodate the AWD system which shouldn't be available for some time though.
So it doesn't exist another mid-engined project, let alone with kers or AWD. The project for the new 599 isn't started yet.
Also, the projects related to a hybrid system, whatever it might be, are in a very early stage, trying to connect the hybrid system from Magneti Marelli, under early stage of development, to a 599 (iir, or maybe it was a612 612) mule.
Also I don't see the point of such schemes.
Regardless of what I think, I will ask to my mate if he knows something more, despite now working in Maserati (Corse) since some months.
The first three images seem to refer to mid-engined cars, showing:
- a mechanical AWD system connected to a sort of kers/efficientdynamics system for both axles transferring the power to the front semi-shaft
- a mechanical RWD system with front wheels potentially driven by two electric motors, with the relative hybrid system attached only to the front axle
- a standard mechanical AWD system connected to a hybrid system to recover some energy and use in some way
Pics 4,5,6 are of a front engined car.
- mechanical RWD system with a kers system connected to the rear wheels and providing a part of the energy to the front wheels driven by electric motors, and connected to another kers device
- mechanical RWD system with a part of the power generated by the engine directly sent to the tow front wheels trough a couple of electric motors. A kers device is connected to the front shaft
- a mechanical RWD system with a kers device