FERRARI PREPARES TO SHOCK

Maranello reveals the technology beneath its first all-electric car

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THE TIME HAS FINALLY COME FOR Ferrari to lift the lid on the most highly anticipated project in its 78-year history. No, it's not a plan for it to regain dominance in Formula 1, it's the Elettrica, its first all-electric car. We'll have to wait until 2026 to see its final design – and find out its final name – but before this, Ferrari has opened the doors at Maranello to allow those responsible for it to explain why they believe this EV is deserving of the Cavallino.

The first thing to know is that this will not be a Rimac Nevera-rivalling hypercar but what promises to be the most useable Ferrari yet, with four doors, two rows of seats, and power to all four wheels. This sounds very much like the remit for the V12-engined Purosangue, but Ferrari says it's first EV will be more engaging than it's SUV, and the GTC4 Lusso that preceded it.

Drawing on experience stretching all the way back to the F399 Formula 1 car of 2009, through the 2010 599 HY-KERS prototype, the LaFerrari and recent hybrid offerings, the Elettrica includes over 60 patented pieces of technology. Equally impressively, Ferrari developed everything from the battery to the motor systems in-house, and even produces many of the components itself, making a clear distinction between the Elettrica and the vast majority of mainstream EVs.