Ferrari Luce EV

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There's a lot of interesting tidbits from this interview with Jony Ive and Flavio Manzoni

Jony Ive on popularizing the touchscreen:

There are very clear lessons to be learned. Any powerful tool has potential for unpredictable and unexpected good and bad, and that's always been the case. And so I feel, candidly, I do feel even though there are unpredicted consequences of some of the work that we've done, some good, some bad, even though they were not intended, I still think you need to be responsible and I do feel that responsibility and that drives the decisions that I have made and I'm making for how I can try and contribute in the future. But that's not a new phenomena. Any powerful technology or tool will surprise us in a lot of different ways

It's an interesting response, especially given the context that he's working with OpenAI on some sort of hardware interface at the same time as this.

Flavio Manzoni said that Ferrari doesn't use design features from one car on to another car. "Normally we don't like the deja vu effect" he said. "The recognition of a Ferrari design or of Ferrari identity is based on much more profound aspects". Each car they make has their own specific identity.

This wasn't explicitly said, but based on what Manzoni said, it seems like a core aspect of Ferrari 2-seater sports cars is downforce. Because of current battery efficiency and technology, they needed to focus on minimizing drag rather than downforce which is why they chose to create a 5-seater sedan rather than a supercar.

Another design aspect of the Luce is that you can think of the car as two layers. One layer is the glasshouse which is aerodynamic

Then there is the outer shell which is like an "exo-skeleton" that creates the aerodynamic wings the car has