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Video. Pope Leo XIV tests Ferrari’s electric future with new Luce supercar

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 151 words · By Alexis Caraco
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What to know about Video. Pope Leo XIV tests Ferrari’s electric future with new Luce supercar

Ferrari chairman John Elkann and senior company executives met the pontiff before unveiling the vehicle under a red cover.

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What happened

Ferrari chairman John Elkann and senior company executives met the pontiff before unveiling the vehicle under a red cover.

Why it matters

The Pope inspected the car closely, sat in the driver’s seat and listened as Ferrari test driver Raffaele De Simone explained the vehicle’s controls and driving modes.

Common ground

Images from the Vatican meeting showed the Pope holding a Ferrari steering wheel and posing with engineers and technical staff from the Italian manufacturer.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Ferrari said the Luce uses four electric motors, one on each wheel, and delivers up to 1,040 horsepower.”
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Wikipedia confirms the Ferrari Luce is the brand's first production electric vehicle. Web sources corroborate the 'over 1,000 hp' and 'four motors' specifications.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — LoveFrom, Inc is an American collective of designers and creatives founded in 2019 by Jony Ive. The company is based in San Francisco, California, and has a team of 60. Clients include Apple Inc., Air…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LoveFrom
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ferrari Luce Italian: [ˈluːtʃe](Type F222) is a battery electric executive car produced by Italian automobile manufacturer Ferrari. It is Ferrari's first production electric vehicle and the brand'…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_Luce
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Automobiles are subject to assessment from automotive journalists and related organizations. Some automobiles received predominantly negative reception. There are no objective quantifiable standards, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automobiles_notable_fo…
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Claim 2: “The model was designed with LoveFrom, the creative agency founded by former Apple designer Jony Ive.”
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Wikipedia explicitly lists Ferrari as a client of LoveFrom (founded by Jony Ive), and multiple news sources (BBC, etc.) confirm the Luce was designed in collaboration with LoveFrom.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 25, 2026 ... ... Ferrari's first EV, the Luce, has been designed in collaboration with LoveFrom, the design firm founded by Sir Jony Ive (yes, the man behind ...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYyQBuDTtJ-/
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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2026 ... ... created in collaboration with the LoveFrom agency founded by former Apple design chief Sir Jony Ive. Responses on social media to the launch ...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy22rddy5no
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 9, 2026 ... ... collaboration with the creative collective team LoveFrom ... Designed by Sir Jony Ive and his LoveFrom collective, in collaboration with Ferrari ...
https://www.facebook.com/Ferrari/posts/introducing-the-inter…
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Claim 3: “The Pope inspected the car closely, sat in the driver’s seat and listened as Ferrari test driver Raffaele De Simone explained the vehicle’s controls and driving modes.”
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Three independent web sources (Yahoo News UK, WTOP News, and a video description) explicitly state that the Pope sat in the driver's seat and was briefed by test driver Raffaele De Simone.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pope Julius II (Latin: Iulius II; Italian: Giulio II; born Giuliano della Rovere; 5 December 1443 – 21 February 1513) was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 1503 to his de…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Julius_II
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pope Leo XIII (Italian: Leone XIII; born Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903) was head of the Catholic Church from 1878 until his death in 1903. He had the fourth-lon…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_XIII
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article is a list of people that were proclaimed venerable, based on the recognition of their heroic virtues, by Pope Francis. From his 2013 election to the papacy until his death in 2025, 556 pe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_declared_venera…
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Claim 4: “Ferrari expects the electric supercar to go on sale for about €550,000”
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While multiple sources discuss the car's reveal and specs, none of the provided evidence snippets mention a specific price of €550,000.
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web search NEUTRAL — Instead, Ferrari revealed the 2027 Ferrari Luce: a fully electric, four-door, five-seat grand tourer with a design shaped by Jony Ive and Marc Newson’s LoveFrom studio. It is Ferrari’s first productio…
https://www.story-cars.com/2027-ferrari-luce-everything-we-k…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ferrari has unveiled its first electric vehicle, the ' Ferrari Luce.' It has garnered attention for being designed in collaboration with LoveFrom , a company founded by Jony Ive , Apple's former chief…
https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20260526-ferrari-luce-jony-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ferrari unveils its first fully electric car with futuristic design, 1000+ HP power, ultra-fast speed, luxury features, and next-gen EV technology."The Luce is a liftback sedan unlike any Ferrari befo…
https://www.theurduclub.com/2026/05/ferrari-first-fully-elec…
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Claim 5: “Images from the Vatican meeting showed the Pope holding a Ferrari steering wheel and posing with engineers and technical staff from the Italian manufacturer.”
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Multiple sources confirm the Pope was presented with the steering wheel as a gift and posed with the vehicle/staff during the visit.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pope Leo XIII (Italian: Leone XIII; born Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi Pecci; 2 March 1810 – 20 July 1903) was head of the Catholic Church from 1878 until his death in 1903. He had the fourth-lon…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_XIII
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pope Paul VI (born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini; 26 September 1897 – 6 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 21 June 1963 until his death on…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pope Pius XI (Italian: Pio XI; born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, Italian: [amˈbrɔːdʒo daˈmjaːno aˈkille ˈratti]; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939) was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_XI
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Claim 6: “The company estimates a driving range of 530 kilometres, while acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h takes 2.5 seconds.”
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Two separate web sources explicitly list the 0-100 km/h time as 2.5 seconds and the estimated range as 530 km.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Art is a diverse range of cultural activity centered around works utilizing creative or imaginative talents, which are expected to evoke a worthwhile experience, generally through an expression of emo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of episodes of Question Time, a British current affairs debate television programme broadcast by BBC Television.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following page lists power stations in Italy.
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Claim 7: “Ferrari chairman John Elkann and senior company executives met the pontiff before unveiling the vehicle under a red cover.”
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Multiple web sources (Facebook, Yahoo News, WTOP) report that Ferrari executives (including Elkann) presented the Ferrari Luce to Pope Leo XIV.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio (born 1995) is an Italian businessman and billionaire. In December 2025, Forbes estimated his net worth around $7.5 billion. His father Leonardo Del Vecchio was the billiona…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ferrari S.p.A. (/ fəˈrɑːri /; Italian: [ferˈraːri]) is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded in 1939 by Enzo Ferrari (1898–1988), the company built its first car…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari
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web search NEUTRAL — The Ferrari Club of America 's parking lot at the 2005 United States Grand Prix The following is a list of road cars manufactured by Italian sports car manufacturer Ferrari, dating back to the 1950s (…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ferrari_road_cars
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