Do EV enthusiasts care about performance cars? Do traditional car enthusiasts care about EVs? This week on the Plugged-In Podcast, Mack Hogan and Andrei Nedelea break down the news about the Ferrari Luce, the company’s first EV. It’s got over a thousand horsepower, four independent motors, and a trick suspension that should make it plenty interesting to drive. But in the second segment, we break down a key challenge for the Luce: Who is it for? Typical car enthusiasts that buy Ferraris seem relatively closed off to electric performance vehicles. And even for InsideEVs’ enthusiastic audience, nobody seems to care about the high-power stuff. They’d rather read about Hyundais and Chevies than Porsches and Ferraris. Finally, Tim Levin and Mack sit down with Andrew Chapin, the Chief Operating Officer of autonomy company Nuro, to get an update on the autonomous vehicle race. You won’t want to miss it. I Saw Ferrari’s First EV In The Flesh. Here’s My Honest Take https://insideevs.com/news/796897/ferrari-luce-electric-car-2026/ Mercedes-Benz&#x27;s Electric Super Sedan Has A New Kind Of EV Motor And Unprecedented Charging Speed https://insideevs.com/news/796361/2027-mercedes-amg-gt-4-door-coupe/ Nobody Wants Electric Supercars. But Why? https://www.motor1.com/features/766252/nobody-wants-electric-supercars-opinion/ Lucid Gravity Robotaxis Will Hit The Uber App Next Year, With Nuro Tech https://insideevs.com/news/766132/lucid-gravity-robotaxi-uber-nuro/ Check out InsideEVs for the latest future of transportation news and find us online: Instagram Threads YouTube BlueSky X

Do EV enthusiasts care about the Ferrari Luce? Plus, Is Nuro Prepared To Win The Autonomy Race?

InsideEVs Plugged-In Podcast

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I think the heavy compromised EVs that we have today are already eclipsing gas performance cars. It's just that nobody really cares. Hello and welcome back to the InsideEVs Plugged-In Podcast, a weekly news show from InsideEVs all about the future of transportation. I'm Mac Hogan. And I'm Andrea Saucedo. And on this week's show, Tim's out on vacation as you can probably tell or see. I'm not Tim.

So Andre is filling in, but that's all the better because Andre and I are sort of the biggest traditional gas car enthusiasts on the staff. And this time we're talking about whether car enthusiasts care about EVs at all and whether EV enthusiasts care about supercars and performance EVs. Now, if you pay any attention to the market, you probably know which one we're talking about, which is, of course, the Ferrari Luce, the first electric Ferrari. It's big, it's fast, and it is extremely controversial. Finally, Tim and I are going to sit down with Andrew Chapin, the CEO of Nuro, to get an update on the autonomy race.

So let's get started. The big news this week is the Ferrari Luce, the brand's first EV. It's a four-door touring car designed in part by iPhone design legend Jony Ive. And it has sparked, let's say, a conversation, to put it charitably right, Andrew. But before we get into the conversation, the discourse, God help us. Here are the top line specs you need to know, which is first, it's got 1,035 horsepower with 730 pound-feet of torque.

Good for zero to 60 in 2.5 seconds. It's got rear wheel steering, trick adaptive anti-roll suspension, sort of like you get on the Purosangue. Power levels that you can engage by hitting the right paddle, sort of like shifting gears as you speed up. It's got 329 miles or 530 kilometers of WLTP range, which, you know, that's going to be lower for the EPA.

That's out of a 112 kilowatt-hour usable pack, powered with 350 kilowatt charging, and all for the low, low price of 550,000 euros or about $640,000 at current exchange rates. We'll wait to see full pricing. Who said EVs aren't affordable? Anyway, Andre, I want to jump in on what do you think about just the specs, you know, the numbers? Well, the first thing that comes to mind is that, you know, you can go a lot quicker for a lot less money.

The specs are okay, but it's not that impressive if we start comparing acceleration, power, torque figures to other performance EVs. I mean, it's slower than a Tesla Model S Plaid, which is like five years old now. What gives me high expectations for the Luce is the way it drives thanks to its four-motor, you know, the quad-motor setup, yeah.

I mean, this means it's going to have super advanced torque vectoring, which will allow you to, you know, like swing the tail out in corners, and it will allow it to put its power down really well. Yeah. And I hope it will also give you the chance to, like, tailor the handling. AMG is doing it with the new ...

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