The Ferrari Luce () (Type F222) is a battery electric executive car produced by Italian automobile manufacturer Ferrari. It is Ferrari's first production electric vehicle and the brand's first five-seat model.
Overview The Luce was previewed under the development name Elettrica during Ferrari's Capital Markets Day on 9 October 2025, before the production model was revealed in May 2026. The name Luce, meaning "light" in Italian, was confirmed before the production reveal.
Reuters reported that the Luce is priced at €550,000 in Europe, with customer deliveries due to begin in the fourth quarter of 2026. The model is assembled in Maranello and uses a dedicated electric-vehicle architecture. The Luce went on sale in China on 27 June 2026 with 88 units, all of which sold out.
Ferrari stated that Euro NCAP testing is in the performance target for the vehicle, potentially becoming the first Ferrari and the most expensive vehicle to be tested.
Design The Luce was developed on a dedicated electric-vehicle architecture, allowing a body layout that differs from Ferrari's previous combustion-engine models. The exterior and interior were shaped in collaboration with LoveFrom, the creative collective founded by Jony Ive and Marc Newson, alongside Ferrari's own design and engineering teams.
Car and Driver described the Luce as longer but lower than the Ferrari Purosangue, with centre-opening doors, a rear liftgate, a forward-set cabin and lighting elements integrated into dark body panels.
Features The Luce is equipped with active suspension, four-wheel steering and torque vectoring. Its cabin combines OLED digital displays with physical controls. Car and Driver reported that the steering wheel uses conventional switches instead of the touchpads fitted to some previous Ferrari models, and includes two manettino controls: one for vehicle dynamics and one for the electric powertrain.
The central touchscreen is paired with physical switchgear, while paddles on the steering wheel control regenerative braking and torque delivery.
Powertrain The Luce uses four permanent-magnet electric motors, one for each wheel, with a combined output of according to Car and Driver. The system is rear-biased, with the front motors producing a combined and the rear motors producing .
Ferrari claims a 0–100 km/h (62 mph) time of 2.5 seconds and a top speed of more than . The battery has a gross capacity of 122 kWh and forms a structural element of the chassis. The car uses an 800 V electrical architecture and supports DC fast charging at up to 350 kW. Reuters reported a driving range of over .
Ferrari developed a sound system for the Luce that captures mechanical noise from the electric drivetrain and amplifies it according to the selected driving mode, rather than using a simulated combustion-engine soundtrack.
Reception The Luce was unveiled at a large, "tightly-controlled" event with around 200 journalists at the Vela di Calatrava sports complex, near Rome, on Monday, 25 May 2026.
The car received a poor reception after its reveal, with much of the discussion focused on the Luce's styling and its role as Ferrari's first battery-electric production model. The Guardian described the design as divisive and reported that some analysts questioned whether the model's saloon-like form matched Ferrari's traditional sports-car image. Ferrari fans and car enthusiasts strongly criticised the car's design, considering the car unworthy of the brand. Responding to the reception of the Luce, Dezeen would publish a Dezeen Weekly podcast on the car titled, 'Why does everyone seem to hate the new electric Ferrari?' Pope Leo XIV was shown around a Luce the day after the car's reveal.
The day after the presentation, Ferrari shares fell by 8.4% on the stock market, though it recovered three days later.
Former Ferrari CEO Luca di Montezemolo voiced a strong negative opinion of the design.
Fans' expectations for the design were high, believing it would be similar to the Ferrari F76, a digital hypercar only available as a NFT. Despite a strong negative reception towards the design, the Luce has been a sales success for Ferrari, with its 2026 production run sold out, including in China, a market where it is viewed to be difficult for European cars to succeed in. American businessman Herbert Wertheim would win an auction organized by RM Sotheby's at the 2026 Monterey Car Week for the first production Luce, dubbed "Chassis 0"; his winning bid was USD 40 million, with the Luce becoming the most expensive electric vehicle, most expensive new car and priciest charity car ever sold at any auction.
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