Fast electric vehicles have been accelerating very quickly for more than a decade at this point, but even the mind-bending Rimac Nevera R is not getting up to speed so quickly that it’s a NASA-level problem. The upcoming Ferrari Luce, however, might just have been one during development.
In an interview with Autocar India, Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna said that the brand consulted NASA and medical professionals to determine what level of accelerative force is a problem for occipants. He notes that there is a level of acceleration that can be “disturbing” to the driver, and that Ferrari tried to find out what that level was while developing its new EV.
Ferrari has already revealed that the Luce is set to run from 0-62 miles per hour in 2.5 seconds. That number is impressive, but it that notably lags behind the real-world performance of the Taycan Turbo GT that rushed to the same mark in under two seconds in Car and Driver testing—and the brute force of the fastest Taycans can certainly be stomach-churning. If the Ferrari can accelerate to 60 mph half a second slower without that level of shock, it may be more appealing to customers. (For context: a steady 1g of acceleration would deliver a 0-60 mph run in about 2.74 seconds.)
We know very little about the Ferrari Luce, but a few specs have trickled out from Maranello in recent months. The company revealed back in October that it would have four doors, 329 miles of range, and an all-important four-figure horsepower count, alongside the aforementioned acceleration number. The name “Luce” was announced in February, along with a Jony Ive-designed interior (seen at top) meant to put emphasis on physical controls. The rest will have to wait for this car’s debut later this year.
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Fred Smith’s love of cars comes from his fascination with auto racing. Unfortunately, that passion led him to daily drive a high-mileage, first-year Porsche Panamera. He is still thinking about the last lap of the 2011 Indianapolis 500.
