BEWARE YOU LUCKY ONES WHO OWN, OR WILL SOON own, a Ferrari 296 GTB. Should you leave the ignition on, the car will deplete its 7.45kWh battery completely. The battery that powers the electric motor. The electric motor that spins up the internal combustion engine when you press the button marked ‘Start’. Or doesn’t, if you’ve left the ignition on and flattened the aforementioned battery. This can happen pretty quickly if you’ve done so on a freezing cold hillside in the Pennines.
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