Oh yes, the Maserati GranTurismo Folgore is one hell of an electric car. Actually, it’s a hell of a car, full stop.
are perhaps a touch heavier than they would have been if they were engineered from the get-go as a pure combustion-engine cars. But there's nothing in the way they drive to suggest they are compromise cars. They feel like proper Maseratis.
Why build an e-motor and inverter that can outperform the battery by so much? It's about future-proofing the Folgore's powertrain, Danesin says, baking in performance capability that can be unlocked as soon as battery technology is available."We think we'll see new batteries in three to four years, but new motors and inverters are five to 10 years away," he explains.
Sport mode ensures 100 percent of e-motor power is available, and it also stiffens the shocks, though as in the ICE GranTurismos, a button in the middle of the drive-mode selector allows you to toggle between regular and Sport damper settings in either mode. Sport mode also allows torque vectoring across the rear axle to reduce understeer in both coasting and regen situations, while the traction control gives greater freedom of choice to the driver.
Despite the name, and no matter whether they are powered by hydrocarbons or electrons, few GranTurismos will in truth ever be seriously road tripped. That said, in countries where there is a decent charging network, the 800-volt electrical architecture means it takes just 18 minutes to get the Folgore's battery from a 20 percent state of charge to 80 percent, with a peak charge rate of 270 kW. In the U.S.
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