It bears the signature of the Bolognese architect Mario Cucinella the new e-building of Maranello. In place of the old supplier warehouses, an apparatus has been built which will house it production and development of engines a internal combustion, of those hybrids and new engines electrical Ferrari. The new parallelepiped-shaped building with transparent windows required two years of work and has a total surface area of 42.500 square meters in the northern expansion area of the Maranello production site.
From this factory, made with a investment of 200 million euros, models such as the Purosangue and the Sf90 Stradale will be released next year, the Rossa's first electric car from 2026 which will be presented at the end of 2025.
At the inauguration the President of the Republic participated, Sergio Mattarella, welcomed by the president John Elkann, the vice president Piero Ferrari, the managing director Benedetto Vigna and the employees who applauded him for a long time and gave him a lamp made with discarded pieces of the Cavallino Rosso car engines. “We needed a building that was more efficient to produce a Ferrari for every Ferrari driver. Our goal is not to increase production capacity, but to have more flexibility to make more customizations for our customers. Hiring is also progressing,” he underlines Vineyard.
250 young people hired in Mararello
300 people work in the new factory. In the first half of 2024 the Maranello company took over 250 young people. In the last ten years i employees have grown by approximately 75%, in the last six by 30%. “E-building is concrete proof that at Ferrari we keep our promises. On June 16, 2022, we announced our plans for this new building at Capital Markets Day. Now, just two years later we are actually here. This is yet another milestone in our incredible journey that began in 1929, when we began racing with Scuderia Ferrari. 2029 will mark the century of Scuderia Ferrari. Technology and innovation have always been in our DNA. They are key elements that fuel our relentless desire to progress,” said Elkann.
The building has the highest energy efficiency standards
“The building, designed to reach the highest standards di energy efficiency, contains the environmental impact also thanks to the use of renewables” explains the Italian architect Mario Cucinella, who won the Compasso d'Oro with the Ferrari Purosangue model. Vigna recalls that the Maranello company has installed more than 9.000 solar panels, has adopted new technologies such as hydrogen fuel cell and we have made greater use of renewable energy, reducing the cubic meters of gas we use. “By the beginning of 2025 – he announces – we will turn off our trigenerator and will no longer burn gas to produce electricity, heating and cooling. From a material point of view we have found a smart way to reduce our aluminum consumption by almost 250 tonnes every year.”
