Maserati's original factory previously announced its electric vehicle plan under the name of "Folgore" in September 2020, and on the eve of the debut of the brand's second SUV series, Grecale, on March 22, the original 3/17 conducted an online interview with the global multi-country media, in addition to vowing to become the first luxury brand in all car series to offer pure electric power options in 2025, it also aims to transform the all-pure electric brand in 2030. And revealed that GranTurismo, Grecale, GranCabrio will launch a pure electric version in 2023, and will also launch a pure electric version of MC20, a major overhaul of Quattroporte and Levante by 2025, and the scene is even more side leakage of the body profile of the pure electric GranTurismo, and also predicts the maximum horsepower of 3 motors to exceed 1,200 horses!
Maserati's new electric vehicle plan, called "Folgore", was first revealed to the outside world in the future plan white paper in September 2020, the name "Folgore" comes from lightning in Italian, and the pure electric power version of Maserati's various car series in the future will also be crowned with the name Folgore as a distinction, like GranTurismo Folgore, Grecale Folgore, which are expected to appear in 2023. GranCabrio Folgore is among the first echelons of pure electricity.
Among them, GranTurismo Folgore is expected to be the first pure electric vehicle after a hundred years of Maserati's creation, which will be developed by the Maserati Innovation Lab innovation lab and manufactured in the Mirafiori Production Hub in Italy.
Maserati original factory stressed that the "Maserati Folgore" pure electric plan with 3 cores as the main axis, namely "Pure Performance", "Pure Luxury", "Pure Maserati", emphasizing that under the transition to pure electric power, Maserati pure electric models will still inherit the excellent performance and luxury of the past, and even the simulated sound effect will be in line with the previous fuel Maserati models, bringing driving in acceleration, Sensory stimulation of hearing and other links.
In 2023, pure electric GranTurismo and Grecale will be pushed first, and the new generation of Levante in 2025 will also have pure electricity
In the main part of the blueprint for pure electric new cars, the original factory emphasized that the goal of the "Maserati Folgore" pure electric plan is to become the first traditional luxury brand to launch a pure electric sports car (Sports Car); and unlike many other luxury brands that are expected to start launching pure electric models in 2025, Maserati aims to launch pure electric power options for the entire car series by 2025, emphasizing that this is also a precedent among many traditional luxury brands.
Pure electric models and time points, 2023 will first launch a pure electric version including GranTurismo, Grecale, GranCabrio, pure electric GranTurismo and GranCabrio convertible for the two-door GT sports car, as for the pure electric Grecale is positioned as a medium-sized SUV. By 2025, there will also be an all-electric version of the MC20 supercar, the overhaul Quattroporte four-door sedan, and the overhaul Levante large SUV.
The pure electric GranTurismo is affixed with the Folgore suffix, with 3 motors of more than 1200 horses and a top speed of more than 300 km/h
The original factory also took the lead in revealing part of the product information of the pure electric GranTurismo, which is named "GranTurismo Folgore", including the use of 3 e-motor motors, with a maximum horsepower of more than 1,200 horses, and can complete the acceleration of 0 to 100 kilometers per hour at more than 2 o'clock, and the maximum speed exceeds 300 kilometers per hour, and emphasizes that there will be ultra-high-speed DC DC fast charging performance.
In addition to the details such as the 3-spoke wheel rim, the long front and side contours, and some LED taillights, the whole car emphasizes the introduction of lightweight engineering, including the application of composite material body structure, the motor body will also be lightweight, and the inverter used by Maserati in formula E events will be cited. The battery named "Bone" will bring the best vehicle counterweight performance, and through the low center of gravity design of the whole car, as well as the chassis architecture named VDCM developed by itself, it will bring the same bloody sports car driving as the past Maserati.
Maserati Folgore Pure Electricity Program online interviews with national media
In addition to some of granTurismo Folgore's product information revealed, the scene included Maserati CEO Davide Grasso, Chief Commercial Officer Bernard Loire, and Maserati Head of Product Planning (Classiche and Fuoriserie) Francesco Tonon also conducted question-and-answer interviews with multinational media around the world about electric energy projects.
Among them, Maserati original factory believes that after the combination of the original PSA and FCA to become the Stellantis Group, the integration of resources will help the Stellantis Group to move towards pure electrification transformation, and although Maserati will still rely on the pure electric platform and resources within the Stellantis Group, it emphasizes that all pure electric new cars will be developed in The Maserati Innovation Lab in Italy such as Modena, and retain the insistence of the whole car series made in Italy. Create a unique exhibit experience exclusive to the Maserati brand.
Efficient fast charging and excellent power performance will be the focus of pure electric new cars
Given that Grecale was developed using the Giorgio modular chassis platform of Alfa Romeo Stelvio and Giulia, and further inquiries from the media attending the meeting, will the new Maserati pure electric car be built with the modular platform of the Stellantis Group? Maserati original factory officials only said that both Grecale Folgore and GranTurismo Folgore are based on an excellent pure electric platform, and the brand will bring more new pure electric platform works in the future, high-efficiency fast charging, and excellent power performance are emphasized.
This part of the information revealed by the previous foreign media Drive, Grecale Folgore will use the current mainstream 400V voltage system, but the original factory will also provide power switching, so that Grecale Folgore can cut off the output of the front axle motor during cruising to achieve power saving; as for GranTurismo Folgore, MC20 Folgore, it may be changed to 800V high-voltage system, in line with Porsche and other brands.
Judging from the information revealed by the previous foreign media Drive, Grecale Folgore does not rule out that it will use a 250kW dual motor configuration, making it have a surprising output of 500kW (about 680PS), which will become the highest output mass production car ever produced by Maserati.
Previously, Stellantis Group announced that it will launch STLA Small, STLA Medium, STLA Large, three pure electric platforms with Unibody load-bearing body structure, and STLA Frame platforms oriented by pure electric cargo cards. However, in this interview, the Maserati original factory did not clearly indicate that the future pure electric new car will be applied to the above platforms.
There will be no PUSH PHEV, the internal combustion engine is the root, but it will quickly move towards a pure electric brand
In addition, Maserati also said that in the transition period in the next few years, Maserati confirmed that it will not launch plug-in Hybrid plug-in hybrid models, and there will only be 48V light oil hybrid power and pure electric power in the future, and the traditional ICE internal combustion engine pure fuel power will gradually withdraw with the original factory strategy in the future. However, Maserati also mentioned that like the two-seat mid-engine supercar MC20, the 630 "Neptune" 3.0-liter V6 twin-turbo new engine is not a conflict in research and development, but emphasizes the traditional internal combustion engine brand roots, and the future of pure electric power can coexist for a while at this stage.
And why Maserati decided to quickly transform pure electricity, mainly the brand wants to create a truly luxurious pure electric sports car, in terms of performance and driving fun can be balanced, 2023 GranTurismo Folgore will be a masterpiece, but mentioned granTurismo in the future will also have Hybrid light oil electric models.
Maserati said that in the future, DC DC fast charging stations will be built in distribution sites in multiple markets around the world.
Previously, Stellantis Group announced that it has cooperated with charging service providers such as Free2Move and ENGIE in Europe to accelerate the construction of fast charging networks in Europe. How will Maserati's charging partners in the charging strategy in the future layout of each regional market? What are the detailed cooperation models and details? It is still to be announced in the future Maserati original factory.