The Ferrari Luce Had to Reinvent the Windshield Wiper Because Its Design Left Them Nowhere to Go

There is plenty that’s weird and controversial about the Ferrari Luce, a 1,035-horsepower electric sedan with an exterior and interior penned by designers that made names for themselves in electronics and furniture, not cars. Even if you have strong feelings about it, and even if those feelings are negative, one thing that’s pretty clear is that LoveFrom, the firm Ferrari contracted to style the Luce, has employed some ideas that are decidedly left-field for automotive design—and they even extend to how the car stows its windshield wipers.

This might be the least weird thing about the Luce, in fairness, given its narrow and tall stature for a Ferrari, that big mail slot in the front, and its supersized Apple Watch infotainment screen. But it is still strang …