While the choice of Benedetto Vigna, a man who has spent his career working in microelectronics, might seem an odd fit for Ferrari, he will bring key software/hardware competences to the automaker as it moves into the electrification and digitalization era.

Buying an electric car should be easy, right? Not based on my experience. Two months after I started the process I remain in EV purchasing hell.

Generous incentives have pushed sales of electrified vehicles to new heights in Italy, but a sparse charging network -- especially in Italy's second-largest city -- is a significant obstacle.

Richard Parry-Jones, who died April 16, had an uncanny knack for wringing the slop out of a chassis and by taking an interest in every part of the car as a customer would.