Whereas the primary Ferrari EV remains to be on monitor to debut this 12 months, the automaker’s second all-electric mannequin is being delayed to at the very least 2028.
Sources at Maranello have instructed Reuters this second EV was initially because of be unveiled on the finish of 2026, however its launch has simply been pushed again for a second time, with the automotive no longer set to look in public till 2028 on the earliest.
One of many newswire’s informants mentioned this was all the way down to “zero” long-term, sustained demand for a high-performance Ferrari EV.
Whereas the Ferrari’s first all-electric automotive — which might be unveiled later this 12 months, and will begin arriving in prospects’ garages from October 2026 — is a low-volume mannequin, the second EV is deliberate to be a core mannequin that can promote between 5000 and 6000 items throughout its five-year lifespan.
Ferrari’s first EV (above and beneath) has reportedly been styled at the side of Jony Ive, Apple’s former chief designer. It will likely be bigger than different Ferrari fashions, and have a physique that’s a not-quite-an-SUV-but-not-quite-a-wagon.
Final spied earlier this 12 months, the prototype has an artificial V8 soundtrack and can make its debut on October 9, 2025. Pricing will apparently begin from US$500,000 ($A770,000), and Ferrari expects to promote roughly 700 to 800 per 12 months.
Ferrari isn’t the primary the automotive maker to alter its EV plans. Whereas electrical automobile gross sales globally proceed to develop, demand has been decrease than anticipated. EV adoption has additionally various wildly from market to market, with Europe and China embracing the know-how, whereas the US has been slower on the uptake.
This has precipitated mass-market manufacturers to regulate their plans. Some, like Volvo, are abandoning beforehand said objectives of going all electrical by the flip of the last decade, whereas others are investing in hybrids and plug-in hybrids to assist meet interim CO2 emission guidelines.
Much less-than-expected EV demand has additionally affected the supercar set, with Maserati axing the electrical MC20 supercar earlier than its launch, and Lamborghini delaying its first EV till 2029.
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