Ferrari’s first all-electric model has been revealed and it’s like nothing the automaker has built before.
The four-door liftback features a 1,035 hp four-motor all-wheel drivetrain that can accelerate it to 62 mph in 2.5 seconds on the way to a 193 mph top speed and a range of approximately 283 miles between charges.
Its body and interior were designed by out outside firm called LoveForm, which is run by former Apple designer Jony Ive and renowned industrial designer Marc Newson.
The five-seat interior is entered through clamshell doors and has a minimalist style with a digital gauge cluster and central touchscreen infotainment system that look like extra thick iPods.
The exterior is podlike in its own way. It has an arching roofline, large expanses of simple body panels and an overall vibe that’s much from the contemporary modernist school both designers are known for and so different from other Ferraris that the badge is the only thing that gives its provenance away. But, while it could easily pass for something from a long list of brands, there are two features it shares with a pair of very different vehicles.
A floating wing spans the front of the car to create the illusion that there is a blunt, upright grille, but air flows beneath it and over the hood and up the windshield to reduce aerodynamic drag. It’s the same concept first seen on the electric Dodge Charger Daytona concept in 2022, where it is referred to as the R-Wing. Ferrari does double it up, however, and uses a similar setup at the rear, where it sandwiches the round taillights.
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An issue posed up front is that a conventional set of windshield wipers would block the airflow when they are not in use, and the solution LoveForm came up with is right out of the Tesla Cybertruck look book.
Instead of parking horizontally, the two wipers live vertically in line with the windshield frame and sweep down 90 degrees, instead of side to side. The Cybertruck’s wiper does the same, but it is literally just one big wiper on the driver’s side, instead of two. The Seat Leon compact hatchback of 2005-2012 also had dual wipers that parked in an upright position, like the Luce.
Ferrari probably won’t like to hear the Luce compared to any of these vehicles, since it starts at $640,000 in Europe. U.S. pricing hasn’t been announced as it is still a year away from when deliveries are scheduled to begin.
