All New Maseratis Will Be Electrified From 2019
All new Maseratis will be part-electric from 2019, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles boss Sergio Marchionne has said – shortly before announcing his retirement.
Maserati will be used as the pointy end of the conglomerate’s push towards electrification, paving the way for its more mainstream brands – plus Ferrari – to follow. There are big plans on that front, too, with half of FCA cars planned to have some form of electrification by 2022.
The first all-new fully-electric Maserati won’t arrive until 2020, predicts Autocar, based on the Alfieri concept of 2014. Before then, 2019 should see all existing product lines fitted with electric motors in as-yet unconfirmed configurations – although the Levante SUV is understood to be heading for plug-in hybrid status.
Maserati’s range also contains the new-but-not GranTurismo, the Quattroporte and the Ghibli, plus the GranCabrio convertible.
Marchionne, who is 65 and made the announcements on a conference call with investors, will retire at the end of 2019. He was the driving force behind the drawn-out merger of Fiat and Chrysler in 2014, after the former had acquired 53.5% of the latter’s shares in 2011.
Via: Autocar
Comments
bad idea
honestly, what happened to the use of alternate fuels in ICE engines, we still keep our cars, the environment is not killed, and its a whole lot cheaper than pushing EVs.
The entire point of that car is decent performance loud but beautiful exhaust notes and elegant styling take one away while others still follow that formula and Id imagine they are going to see a decress in revenue. Maybe not though time will tell.
The good thing about hybrids is that ypu don’t have to use the electric power unit. You can always put in sport mode and be petrol only. Still got to carry the weight of all the electrics though…
Or if u are brave enough u could just trash out the batteries and bs
There goes the lovely sound of a roaring engine..
Causally going to cross Maserati off the list of italian car brands. You’ve been shunned
In the future I want non-car guys to have electric cars and car guys have gas cars but not to eliminate them. So we could live together. If we want to continue driving cars with gasoline we must fight for it. Who’s with me?
Meanwhile dodge is probably going to have a 1000hp challenger in 2019
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