Maserati accelerates plans: All-electric by 2030

Italian sports car company Maserati will shift its entire model range to electric by the end of the decade, with all vehicles to have a battery-powered variant by 2025.

Maserati will begin the transition with the new-generation GranTurismo, which will launch in 2023 as the brand’s first fully-electric car – offering as much as 900kW and all-wheel drive, according to Automotive News Europe.

By 2030, the carmaker will drop internal-combustion engines (ICE) entirely, with fully-electric versions of each model to be introduced by 2025.

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Electric variants will be distinguished by their ‘Folgore’ badge, which means ‘lightning’ in Italian.

The GranTurismo Folgore – shown here wearing light camouflage – will be joined by its soft-top sibling, the GranCabrio, and the Grecale SUV from next year.

Maserati says it will have completed its electric line-up by 2025, adding a Folgore variant of the MC20 supercar, as well as launching the next generations of the Quattroporte sedan and Levante SUV – both of which will only be available with electrified powertrains.

The company is promising Level 3 autonomous driving technology for the Quattroporte and Levante, meaning the vehicles will be able to perform most driving tasks with human oversight.

Maserati's parent company Stellantis has previously said it is expecting 70 per cent of its European sales to be composed of electric vehicles by 2030 – though the number may be higher, with many of its brands promising to switch to zero-emission models in the coming years.

Maserati announced it had increased its global market share by 2.4 per cent in 2021, largely thanks to North American and Chinese markets.