Meet Maserati’s First Electric Vehicle, the 2023 GranTurismo Folgore
Nearly 100 years after Maserati’s first vehicle debuted in Italy in 1926, the brand is embarking on a new era with the all-electric GranTurismo Folgore. The $170,000 sports car with 280-mile range will hit the market in 2023, alongside two gas-powered versions: the Modena and Trofeo.
Maserati first announced the Folgore, which means "lightning" in Italian, in March and teased a prototype (Opens in a new window)in April. New details(Opens in a new window) provide specifics about the battery pack and motors that make the Folgore the most powerful of the three new GranTurismo models.
A 92.5kWh battery will power three 300kW motors, which deliver an astounding 760hp to the wheels. The car will go from zero to 62mph in 2.7 seconds, topping out at a 199mph max speed, The Verge reports(Opens in a new window). The competing electric Porsche Taycan GTS Sport Turismo(Opens in a new window), which Bill Gates owns(Opens in a new window), goes from zero to 60 in 3.5 seconds.
Maserati’s design team configured the battery pack in a “T-bone” shape to maintain the traditional, low height of its sports cars—about 4' 5.27" inches high, the Detroit News reports(Opens in a new window).
“The shape…avoids placing the battery modules under the seats, mainly moving them around the central tunnel and therefore considerably lowering the car’s H-point,” the automaker says(Opens in a new window).
Maserati will offer electric versions of all its vehicles by 2025, and plans (Opens in a new window)to stop selling gas-powered cars by 2030. After the GranTurismo Folgore, Maserati will launch the all-electricGrecale SUV. It's set to hit dealers in fall 2023 under the same Folgore brand—the "Maserati Grecale Folgore(Opens in a new window)."
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