Ferrari CZ26: what if the Luce had a baby with a SF90

This one is car news, not a home energy story, so there is not much here that touches your own house directly. Ferrari showed off a one-off car called the CZ26 at Monterey, built through its Special Projects program, which designs a custom car for a single buyer over about two years. Underneath, it is mechanically the same as the SF90 Stradale, Ferrari's plug-in hybrid supercar: a twin-turbo gas engine paired with electric motors, a small 7.9 kWh battery, and about 25 km (roughly 15 miles) of electric-only driving range before the gas engine takes over.

What changed is the styling. The CZ26 borrows design cues from the Luce, Ferrari's first fully electric car, which had a rocky debut earlier this year. Think a full-width lighting strip up front, a smooth "capsule" cabin look, and a two-box body shape, all wrapped around the SF90's V8 hardware instead of a battery-electric drivetrain.

For a homeowner, the real takeaway buried in this story is more general: if you already own or plan to buy a plug-in hybrid like the SF90, or an EV, charging it from home solar can cut your fuel costs close to zero, which matters more given electricity rates rose almost 10% last year and are expected to keep climbing.