Ferrari’s first electric car sells for record US$40 million despite design backlash
- Source
- Channel News Asia - Latest News
- Source link
- https://www.channelnewsasia.com/obsessions/ferrari-luce-ev-us40-million-auction-6326886
- Published
- 2026-08-18 21:41:58
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-08-18 23:07:43
- Category
- Procurement & Supply Chain News
- Geography
- Singapore
- Organisations
- —
- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
The one-off Ferrari Luce, designed by former Apple designer Jony Ive, became the most expensive new car ever sold at auction after fetching US$40 million at Monterey Car Week.
Possibly the same underlying story as
Ferrari's first all-electric car sells for record $40 million at auction
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Procurement Relevance Gate
FAIL
— score 7.0/100 — evaluated 2026-08-18 23:07:43
Only geographic exposure matched — no substantive content indicator, so this cannot pass alone.
- geographic_exposure (weight 8) — matched on "1 linked geography"
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