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phrase "eco-friendly supercar" recently seemed completely meaningless set of words. Now it's a fashion trend in the automotive industry. One by one the creators of high-speed machines give out hybrid versions. At the Geneva Motor Show Ferrari unveiled green (in both senses of the word) supercar 599 GTB Hybrid. The work on the machine motor companies announced President Luca di Montezemolo months ago. "The car will be the vanguard of the automotive industry, because of its design and construction apply cutting-edge technologies," - said Montezemolo. The machine is also known as the HY-KERS - an acronym for Ferrari's Formula One Kinetic Energy Recovery System. This system is applied on the car, "Formula 1" allows you to convert braking energy into electricity used to recharge the batteries. Something similar applied Porsche in his hybrid. But still, yet eco-friendly cars are still far from their gasoline counterparts. For the pleasure of a fast ride with less damage to the environment has to pay. The estimated cost of the Ferrari 599 GTB Hybrid will be about € 400,000.