Ferrari is preparing the fully electric Luce (pronounced LOO chay) to introduce a cabin that feels more like a handcrafted tech exhibit than a typical supercar interior. It will blend old school metalworking with modern materials and display engineering in a way that pushes beyond simple wow factor. It will rely on real billet aluminum, advanced Corning Gorilla Glass pieces, and clever lighting tricks that change how surfaces look and feel as the car wakes up. It will also focus on practical benefits like uniform finishes, scratch resistance, and glare control, so the design does more than just look expensive.
Ferrari will use aluminum in a way that leaves little room for shortcuts. It will machine the parts that look like aluminum from billet instead of casting them, and that choice will matter because it will accept anodizing more consistently and help keep the finish uniform across pieces that sit next to each other in the driver’s view. It will also treat aluminum as a precision material, not a decorative skin, which will show in details like the steering wheel hub that will take about four hours of machining on its own. It will even commit to recycling the material that gets removed during machining, rather than repurposing cutouts into other parts.
It will pair that metalwork mindset with a surprising amount of glass across the cabin, and the combination will give the Luce a crisp contrast of cool metal and luminous surfaces. It will also underline a bigger idea: Ferrari will aim to make every touch point feel intentional, whether it is a frame around the infotainment area or the control pads on the steering wheel. It will deliver a kind of visual honesty that enthusiasts appreciate, because the material you see will be the material you touch, and the build process will be part of the story.
Ferrari will turn the Luce interior into a showcase for advanced glass engineering, starting with the sheer scale of it. It will use about forty Corning glass pieces across the cabin and it will require several brand new manufacturing processes to make them possible. It will also strengthen the glass using a chemical process that swaps ions to increase durability, and it will keep the weight impact small at about twenty two pounds by allowing the glass to be thinner while staying strong.
It will highlight that progress with signature pieces that are far from ordinary. It will shape the shift knob from Gorilla Glass with a focus on optical clarity, and it will use extremely pure raw materials plus very high melting temperatures to reduce defects and improve light transmission. It will then add lighting theater by applying internal ink and drilling thousands of microscopic laser holes so the illumination looks even, including a startup effect where the yellow tone appears to drain away. It will also bring similar drama to the key fob by using e ink style technology that can switch states with very little energy and then hold the look without continuous power. It will finish the prancing horse emblem with a layered surface treatment that includes a durable coating process, then validate it through extensive drop testing and refinements aimed at reducing stress points.
It will keep day to day usability in mind too. It will etch the console glass to create a matte texture that helps hide fingerprints by mimicking how light scatters from a print, and it will add an easy clean coating that repels oils and sweat. It will still keep glossy accents around the key and shifter for a premium contrast, while improving scratch resistance enough that casual contact with keys is less likely to leave lasting marks.
It will round out the tech story with serious display hardware. It will use three OLED displays, chosen for brightness, efficiency, and thin packaging. It will set resolution around two hundred pixels per inch and luminance around one thousand nits, which should stay readable in bright conditions. It will also design the main cluster with two layered screens and carefully placed openings, so the shapes feel integrated rather than purely rectangular. It will keep the analog vibe alive with a physical speedometer needle that is etched onto a clear disc and lit by LEDs as it sweeps a full circle, and it will reduce glare by applying anti reflective coatings on both sides of the gauge lenses. It will even give the infotainment screen a functional twist by adding a physical clock mechanism with protruding hands and gears, allowing it to behave as a clock, a stopwatch, or a compass without losing that tactile Ferrari character.
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