{"id":521745,"date":"2026-08-16T12:13:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T16:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/?p=521745"},"modified":"2026-08-16T12:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T16:13:09","slug":"ferraris-first-electric-car-sells-for-record-40-million-at-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/technology\/ferraris-first-electric-car-sells-for-record-40-million-at-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferrari\u2019s first electric car sells for record $40 million at auction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ferrari\u2019s first fully electric model, the <strong>Luce<\/strong>, sold for <strong>$40 million at a charity auction<\/strong>, setting a new record for the most expensive new car ever sold at auction in this format, according to Bloomberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The custom-built model was auctioned by <strong>Sotheby\u2019s during Monterey Car Week in California<\/strong>, far surpassing last year\u2019s record, when a customized Ferrari Daytona SP3 sold for $26 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Luce was unveiled in May with an initial price of <strong>\u20ac550,000, or approximately $636,356<\/strong>. Its launch generated controversy and affected Ferrari\u2019s stock market value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The car was designed by <strong>LoveFrom<\/strong>, the design studio founded by Jony Ive, the former Apple design chief associated with iconic products including the iPhone and iMac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Luce also breaks with Ferrari\u2019s traditional approach by offering <strong>more than 1,000 horsepower in a four-door configuration<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ferrari\u2019s first fully electric model, the Luce, sold for $40 million at a charity auction, setting a new record for the most expensive new car ever sold at auction in this format, according to Bloomberg. The custom-built model was auctioned by Sotheby\u2019s during Monterey Car Week in California, far surpassing last year\u2019s record, when a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":521746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-521745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2bJf","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/IMG_4526.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Edith B\u00e1ez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-11-at-11.09.56-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Technology"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/IMG_4526.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}