Everything we know about Ferrari’s first electric vehicle

MARANELLO, ITALY—The E-Building is one of the newest on Ferrari’s sprawling factory complex. One of the first LEED-certified buildings in Italy, the gleaming white interior is the latest in flexible factory design, capable of assembling any model in the automaker’s range. And from next year, that will include Ferrari’s first electric vehicle.

It’s a momentous occasion for Ferrari, and one it’s taking its time over—although it has now briefed us on some powertrain and chassis details, we’ll have to wait until next year before seeing the interior or exterior of a car that it’s calling the Ferrari Elettrica—for now at least.

Ferrari says it considered an all-electric two-seater or even something with occasional rear seats, but the performance benefit of an electric powertrain wasn’t enough to offset the added mass for either of those applications. Those calculations did work out in favor of a four-seater, though; the battery pack lowers the center of gravity by 3.1 inches (80 mm) compared to an internal combustion engine powertrain and reduces the polar moment of inertia by 20 percent.

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