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"

"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."

"However, the Elettrica won't be massive. While we don't know most of the exterior dimensions, the wheelbase is 116.5 inches (2,960 mm)-slightly less than a Hyundai Ioniq 5-and Ferrari says that the Elettrica features very short front and rear overhangs. Seventy-five percent of the aluminum used for the chassis (and the body panels) is recycled, helping save 6.7 tons of CO 2 per car."

"Ferrari has been working with electric powertrains since the introduction of hybrid systems to Formula 1 in 2009. The motors here aren't direct copies of the ones you'd find in Ferrari's F1 racers, but the influence is there-like the Hallbach arrangement of the magnets in the rotor. Think of it like the Konami code for magnet orientation, except here it keeps the magnetic field concentrated on the stator."

Ferrari will introduce the Elettrica, its first electric vehicle, from a LEED-certified E-Building capable of assembling any model. The Elettrica uses a four-motor, 800-volt architecture producing more than 1,000 horsepower with motors and components made in-house. Packaging favors a four-seater layout because two-seat configurations lost performance advantage due to added mass. The battery lowers the center of gravity by 80 mm and reduces polar moment of inertia by 20 percent. The wheelbase measures 2,960 mm with very short overhangs. Seventy-five percent of chassis and body aluminum is recycled, saving 6.7 tons of CO 2 per car. Motor design draws on Formula 1 experience, using a Hallbach magnet arrangement to concentrate flux on the stator.

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