[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text module_class=”vehicle-name” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|700||on|||||” text_text_color=”#f8d648″ text_orientation=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
TECHNOLOGY<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”article-title” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|800|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”44px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”fp-byline” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_orientation=”center” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Ben Miller<\/b><\/span> Editor<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/1-1.jpg” title_text=”1″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”car-img-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-15px||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Our artist\u2019s impression of what the Ferrari EV will look like<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Just occasionally, Maranello <\/b> gets things wrong. Ditching the physical engine start button on its steering wheels was one such misstep. The touch control that replaced it lacked any tactility or theatre. We didn\u2019t like it and nor did customers. And Ferrari has U-turned.<\/p>\n \u2018In the past, we introduced a touch sensor on our steering wheel,\u2019 sweated Ernesto Lasalandra, chief research and development officer, under the lights at Ferrari\u2019s investor day in October. \u2018Based on the feedback of our clients, we understood that this technology did not provide them with added value, and we have decided to come back to a physical one. All new cars in production will have a physical one, and we will also make it available to clients of past models.\u2019<\/p>\n There was further evidence that, more so now than ever, predicting what people want and when they\u2019ll want it is harder than a heat-treated crankshaft. Back in 2022, Ferrari predicted EVs would account for nearly half its sales by 2030, with a projected split of 40 per cent EV, 40 per cent hybrid and 20 per cent combustion engines. But things change. CEO Benedetto Vigna announced a revised split: 20 per cent EV, 40 per cent hybrid and 40 per cent combustion engines. On the same day, Ferrari also went public with details of its first EV \u2013 and its stock posted its worst day\u2019s trading ever. <\/p>\n The sharp drop was much more about guidance that fell short of expectations than a response to either the powertrain split adjustment or the Elettrica\u2019s technical details (not its final name). But given the likes of Rimac and Lotus have both blazed unsuccessful all-electric performance trails (there\u2019s a good reason the next Bugatti, the brainchild of Rimac founder Mate Rimac, isn\u2019t all-electric) and an EV from the likes of Lamborghini is years away, you have to wonder why Ferrari\u2019s persevering \u2013 and who it thinks will buy the first Ferrari without an engine. <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/2.jpg” title_text=”2″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”car-img-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-15px||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n It\u2019s mostly Ferrari\u2019s own work, aside from cells supplied by SK On<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n The Elettrica is not a supercar; we knew this. Chief product development officer Gianmaria Fulgenzi is adamant current cell chemistry can\u2019t deliver a big enough performance advantage to offset the weight increase. So the electric Ferrari will be a four-door GT rather than an engine-less 296 GTB. It uses four electric motors, two on each axle. Total output is more than 1000bhp. The rear axle is good for 831bhp, and the front axle 282bhp. Performance? Less than 2.5sec 0-62mph, a top speed of 193mph and a claimed range of more than 330 miles. At 122kWh (gross) and 2300kg, the Ferrari combines one of the biggest batteries yet seen in an EV with a competitive weight figure some 300kg lighter than the similarly powerful Porsche Cayenne Electric Turbo.<\/p>\n The battery unit has been developed by Ferrari and final assembly takes place at Maranello, but the cells themselves are by SK On, a South Korean firm with which Ferrari\u2019s collaborated for years on its hybrids.\u00a0<\/p>\n Specific outputs for the drive units \u2013 4.3bhp per kg at the front and 6.4bhp per kg at the rear \u2013 are juicy. Heat is dealt with not via direct oil cooling of the stator, as Porsche is doing, but with a high-thermal-conductivity resin, vacuum-impregnated into the stator to move heat efficiently out of the motors and into the liquid-cooling system. It\u2019s claimed the resin also boosts mechanical strength; an important consideration given the centrifugal forces involved. To which end, the motors also feature 1.6mm-thick carbon sleeves that press-fit into the rotors and safeguard the individual magnets from the enormous forces they\u2019re subjected to at peak revs. <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/3-1.jpg” title_text=”3″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Between them, the four motors represent a sandbox of dynamic opportunities for Ferrari\u2019s engineers. And it\u2019s this, together with the Elettrica\u2019s fully active suspension and independent rear-wheel steering, that qualifies it as one of the most sophisticated cars ever built \u2013 one with more dominion over the laws of physics than anything we\u2019ve seen before.<\/p>\n But what of the theatre of a true Ferrari? The spine-tingling noise and thrill of working up and down a gearbox, either with a ball-topped shift lever in an open gate or with paddles? Well, the Elettrica\u2019s attempting to give you that, too, with shift paddles and a \u2018gearbox\u2019 \u2013 or at least a set of five pre-determined levels of torque between which you can shift via the paddles. <\/p>\n And there\u2019ll be noise \u2013 when you want it. An accelerometer mounted on the rear motor casing, which vibrates at different frequencies depending on speed and load, will feed this to the cabin as noise. A cancellation system will weed out the unpleasant frequencies and bring the nice ones up in the mix. It\u2019s not fake noise. But neither is it pure or analogue, like exhaust or inlet. Ferrari uses an electric-guitar analogy; the sound comes from an authentic source, but the noise is amplified electronically, not naturally by the body of the guitar.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/4-1.jpg” title_text=”4″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text module_class=”car-img-caption” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-15px||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Battery under the floor, electric motor at each corner<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Methodically, then, Ferrari has worked to address all the issues that make the phrase \u2018electric Ferrari\u2019 feel more than a touch oxymoronic. But who will buy the Elettrica?<\/p>\n CEO Vigna is adamant Ferrari won\u2019t bully clients into buying the EV. \u2018We won\u2019t push the Elettrica to our current clients \u2013 we won\u2019t say, \u201cIf you don\u2019t take the Elettrica, then you will not be a special client any more.\u201d It is their choice. For the electric car we must target the clients that are already passionate about this kind of powertrain.\u2019 <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”car-pullquote-notac” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|800|||||||” text_font_size=”22px” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”||5px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n The EV should do well in China, where imported cars with big engines are heavily taxed<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n To that unknown number of positively-charged Ferraristi we can add completists, of which there are many. Since 2022, Ferrari\u2019s managed to increase the average number of its cars in clients\u2019 collections by 22 per cent, and 45 per cent of those collectors are new to the brand. You\u2019d also imagine there will be Elettrica customers looking to become \u2018special clients\u2019 in the hope of being offered exclusive models, even if Ferrari isn\u2019t going to actively push the EV on them. And while Ferrari management is loath to specify regions or demographics, the EV should do well in China, where imported cars with big engines and hefty prices are hit with a barrage of taxes \u2013 and where EV acceptance and understanding is among the highest in the world. <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/11\/5.jpg” title_text=”5″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n But there\u2019s no doubt the electric future looks less certain than it did when Maranello\u2019s EV was green lit, as Vigna cedes. \u2018We understand it is important to increase the number of combustion-engined models and to limit a little bit the number of electric models. This is very fine. We are an agile company. In just a few years we have seen how the world is changing.\u2019 <\/p>\n Vigna also confirmed Ferrari\u2019s commitment to its engine line-up, which includes a twin-turbo V6, a twin-turbo V8 and the big V12. The company \u2013 which sells just over 13,000 cars a year in over 60 countries \u2013 will continue to develop these technologies, increasing specific outputs up to 2030 and beyond, while also being ready for e-fuels, should their use become anything like widespread.<\/p>\n Against that backdrop the Elettrica \u2013 a futuristic tour de force in so many ways \u2013 looks a little like the product of a different time.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=”#000000″ divider_weight=”3px” module_class=”divider-thin” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||5px||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Illustration: Avarvarii (3)<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Elettrica is not a supercar; we knew this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":3032,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature"],"acf":[],"modified_by":"kschwarz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/car\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/car\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/car\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/car\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/car\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3022"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/car\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3037,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/car\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3022\/revisions\/3037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/car\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/car\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/car\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flatplanplus.io\/car\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}It\u2019s the cleverest car ever built. But who will buy Ferrari\u2019s EV?<\/h1>\n