Rumors about Ferrari’s first electrical automobile have been swirling for years at this level, however now we’re lastly getting a extra concrete have a look at every thing in regards to the automobile… apart from the way it seems. The Italian supercar maker is not fairly able to take the wraps off its first EV, the Elettrica, simply but, nevertheless it is prepared to indicate off a production-ready chassis, suspension, battery system, and quad motor setup. There’s so much to speak about right here, and we have no thought what this factor will appear like apart from the actual fact it will have 4 doorways, a 116.5-inch wheelbase, and weigh simply shy of 5,100 kilos.
Hear, I do know that sounds actually heavy (as a result of it’s), however I promise you, this factor may have sufficient oomph to make that weight disappear. It may have 4 electrical motors that had been developed and are being assembled in-house, and so they’re all fed by way of an 800-volt battery system. To assist in the corners, the suspension system goes to be Ferrari’s third-generation energetic suspension that it co-developed with Multimatic. I am not nervous in regards to the weight. I am actually not.
There’s so much to cowl right here, so let’s dig in.
Huge Ferrari, large numbers
Whereas your gas-powered Ferrari has to make do with one measly motor, the Elettrica will get 4 — two per axle — that may be independently managed for among the most exact torque vectoring you may conceive of. All 4 are permanent-magnet synchronous motors. The rears can spin at as much as 25,500 rpm, and the marginally smaller fronts can spin at a time-bending 30,000 rpm.
With 4 motors, it will clearly be all-wheel drive, however the entrance motors could be disconnected with the easy flick of the e-Manettino change on the steering wheel. It will even have three driving modes: Vary, Tour, and Efficiency. They will decide how vitality, energy, and traction are managed, and the paddles behind the wheel will enable the motive force to decide on what degree of torque and energy supply they need.
It is not instantly clear how a lot energy the Elettrica will put out, however Ferrari does say it can make “higher than 1000 CV.” That is 986 horsepower for God-fearing Individuals such as you and me. Individually, the entrance motors can put out 282 hp and the rears mix for 831 hp, so the theoretical higher restrict of hp is 1,113, however I do not suppose the overall system output of the Elettrica can be fairly that top.
In any case, it will not be a slouch. Ferrari says the Elettrica will hit 100 kmh from a lifeless cease in 2.5 seconds, so I might say 0-60 can be dispatched in about 2.4 — that is mighty fast for one thing that’s carrying a lot heft. In the event you really feel courageous and preserve your foot in it, Ferrari says you may go all the way in which to a prime velocity of 193 mph.
Weight distribution will not be excellent, nevertheless it’ll be rattling shut: 47% entrance, 53% rear.
Operating gear
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All of this energy comes courtesy of Ferrari’s in-house-built 122 kWh (gross) battery pack operating at 800 volts nominally. It will be capable to DC quick cost at 350 kW, and Ferrari says it could possibly add about 70 kWh of cost in quarter-hour. Not too shabby, fellas. In terms of vary, Ferrari says it will be over 330 miles on the WLTP cycle. Within the EPA’s extra rigorous testing, I might guess that quantity will fall someplace round 280-290 miles. That is not stellar, nevertheless it’s in all probability greater than sufficient on your common Ferrari purchaser.
Being an all-new automobile, the Elettrica will get an all-new suspension. Ferrari says it is all aluminum, and up entrance it is a multilink design with a pair of decrease hyperlinks and an higher wishbone. Out again, it is also a multilink setup, and it has rear steer that may flip the 2 again wheels as a lot as 2.15 levels in both course.
As you might have anticipated, all 4 corners are fitted with carbon ceramic brakes. Up entrance, you may discover six-piston calipers that clamp down on 15.4-inch rotors. Out again, we have barely smaller four-piston models with 14.6-inch rotors. That is going to offer some severe stopping energy, and it is not even stepping into what the regenerative braking system can do.
Loud and proud
I do know I haven’t got to inform you this, however considered one of Ferrari’s defining traits in all of its automobiles is the way in which they sound. The corporate is aware of it could possibly by no means artificially replicate an inside combustion engine, so it isn’t even going to strive. As a substitute, it is going to “spotlight the distinctive attributes of the electrical drivetrain.” It says the sound of the Elettrica is not digitally generated. As a substitute, it comes instantly from its elements due to a high-precision sensor put in on the rear axle that’s meant to choose up the frequencies of the powertrain.
These frequencies are then amplified and projected into the environment, just like an electrical guitar plugged into an amplifier. The electrical axle sound travels by way of metallic within the type of vibrations, and due to this, the sensor used is an accelerometer put in at a really inflexible level on the inverter casing.
Ferraris have all the time been a few visceral connection between the automobile and the particular person behind the wheel. Whereas I do not actually agree with the sentiment, one of many largest complaints I see about EVs is folks saying they really feel soulless. Whereas we’re nonetheless undecided what form Ferrari’s EV will finally take, these info and figures make me really feel pretty assured that it will be capable to win over even essentially the most ardent EV skeptic.
