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).

GranTurismo Folgore prototype
(Credit: Maserati)

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-electric Grecale SUV. It’s set to hit dealers in fall 2023 under the same Folgore brand—the “Maserati Grecale Folgore(Opens in a new window).”

It’s a big bet meant to continue a recent trajectory of strong sales for the the Stellantis-owned brand. In 2021, Maserati sold 41% more cars than the previous year, delivering 24,269 vehicles worldwide. This helped increase its share of the luxury vehicles market to 2.4% (2.9% in North America, 2.7% in China) and bring in over 2 million Euros in net revenue.

Maserati’s electric vehicles, the Grecale and GranTurismo, will launch under the Folgore brand.

The GranTurismo Folgore will compete with other luxury electric sportscars like the 2023 Audi e-tron GT(Opens in a new window) and 2023 Porsche Taycan(Opens in a new window). At $170,000, it will be one of the most expensive electric sportscars on the market.