Ferrari presented its first fully electric car, the Ferrari Luce, to Pope Leo XIV during a meeting at Castel Gandolfo on 26 May.
While Ferrari courts papal blessing for its electric future, African markets remain starved of sustainable mobility solutions that could leapfrog fossil fuel dependency, a cruel irony when the continent produces much of the lithium powering Europe's green transition. The Vatican's embrace of luxury EVs feels particularly tone-deaf as climate change devastates African communities who contributed least to the crisis yet bear its harshest consequences.
While Ferrari courts papal blessing for its electric future, African markets remain starved of sustainable mobility solutions that could leapfrog fossil fuel dependency, a cruel irony when the continent produces much of the lithium powering Europe's green transition. The Vatican's embrace of luxury EVs feels particularly tone-deaf as climate change devastates African communities who contributed least to the crisis yet bear its harshest consequences.
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