{"id":39387,"date":"2023-01-02T12:03:57","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T17:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=39387"},"modified":"2023-01-02T12:03:57","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T17:03:57","slug":"autocar-maserati-granturismo-folgore-ev-prototype-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=39387","title":{"rendered":"Autocar Drives 751 HP Maserati GranTurismo Folgore EV Prototype On Track"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Maserati last year revealed a vehicle that currently has no direct rival \u2013 the new GranTurismo in Folgore full BEV guise, basically an all-electric version of its brand new continent-crossing coupe. The GranTurismo Folgore is the most powerful model in the lineup, it has three motors and all-wheel drive, and it can apparently hold its own around a track.<\/p>\n<p>Autocar editor Matt Prior got the chance to drive <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/608053\/maserati-granturismo-folgore-california-promo-drive\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\" data-type-id=\"0\" data-params=\"%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22608053%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22maserati-granturismo-folgore-california-promo-drive%22%7D\">the GT Folgore<\/a> as part of an official <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/maserati\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\">Maserati<\/a> event, and his first impression is quite positive, even though he drove the car on quite a wet track and couldn\u2019t really put all the power down. The vehicle he drove was a prototype, so it\u2019s not quite finished, as the vehicle is officially expected to enter production in around four months\u2019 time and Maserati is putting the finishing touches.<\/p>\n<p>The GT Folgore has three motors in total, one for each wheel and another driving both front wheels, which together produce 751 horsepower (761 PS) and a peak torque rating 995 pound-feet (1,350 Nm). These numbers are enough for zero to 62 mph (100 km\/h) time of 2.7 seconds and a top speed of 198 mph (320 km\/h).<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, the three motor setup could produce a lot more power \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/news\/613903\/maserati-granturismo-folgore-ev-packs-1207-hp-does-0-60-2-7-sec\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\" data-type-id=\"0\" data-params=\"%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22613903%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22maserati-granturismo-folgore-ev-packs-1207-hp-does-0-60-2-7-sec%22%7D\">up to 1,207 horses<\/a> &#8211; but it\u2019s being held back by the battery. It\u2019s a 92.5 kWh pack (with a usable capacity of 83 kWh) that supports up to 800 volts; it allows the vehicle to charge at a peak rate of 270 kW, but it can\u2019t provide enough juice to get the most out of the motors, so we assume Maserati is planning an upgrade in the not too distant future.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, according to this prototype track review, the vehicle holds a lot of promise, and it doesn\u2019t really have rivals. As reviewer Matt Prior points out in the video, its closest rival is the <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/porsche\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\">Porsche<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/insideevs.com\/porsche\/taycan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\">Taycan<\/a>, and they aren\u2019t exactly similar, given that the Maserati is a two-door that should have a slightly more long-legged character compared to the Porsche \u2013 comparing these two EVs should yield interesting results.<\/p>\n<section class=\"relatedContent-new trinity-skip-it\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"true\" data-widget=\"related-content\" data-widget-size=\"content\" data-params=\"%7B%22type_id%22%3A0%2C%22title_id%22%3A%22%22%2C%22items%22%3A%5B%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22621438%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22Next-Gen%20Maserati%20Quattroporte%20Will%20Be%20Fully%20Electric%2C%20Due%20In%202024%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22maserati-quattroporte-electric%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22is_video%22%3A%220%22%2C%22images%22%3A%7B%22s5%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.motor1.com%2Fimages%2Fmgl%2F8AP4ev%2Fs5%2Fmaserati-quattroporte.jpg%22%7D%7D%2C%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22618574%22%2C%22title%22%3A%222024%20Maserati%20GranCabrio%20Teased%2C%20Will%20Offer%20Folgore%20EV%20Variant%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%222024-maserati-grancabrio-teased-will-offer-folgore-ev-variant%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22is_video%22%3A%220%22%2C%22images%22%3A%7B%22s5%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.motor1.com%2Fimages%2Fmgl%2FzxpJrW%2Fs5%2Fmaserati-grancabrio-2023.jpg%22%7D%7D%5D%7D\">   <\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maserati last year revealed a vehicle that currently has no direct rival \u2013 the new GranTurismo in Folgore full BEV guise, basically an all-electric version of its brand new continent-crossing coupe. The GranTurismo Folgore is the most powerful model in the lineup, it has three motors and all-wheel drive, and it can apparently hold its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39388,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}