Maserati has previously announced its plans for the electrification of its vehicle line-up, and is now giving us a sample of what’s in store. The Italian carmaker has begun the testing phase of its new electric propulsion systems, and is letting us hear them in action.
That may sound odd considering the company’s history of developing cars that emit lovely noises from an internal combustion engine, but the company is assuring its customers that its EVs will have an “unmistakable sound.” Just so its known, while electric motors run rather silent, they still emit a whine and whistle, which Maserati are aiming to amplify and use it to enhance the driving experience.
“During this experimental phase, the sound that will characterise the electric engine will also be developed. The next full electric models will have a distinctive signature sound, already a unique attribute of all Maserati cars equipped with traditional combustion engines,” the company said in an official release.
Maserati’s electric powertrains are currently being developed at its facility in Modena, with all research and development work being carried out complete in-house. The company also noted that the GranTurismo and GranCabrio will be its first cars to adopt the electric powertrains, and will be built at its Turin production hub.
If there’s any concern that Maserati will complete abandon internal combustion engines, rest assured that this will not happen. The company has previously stated while EVs and plug-in hybrids will be part of its line-up moving forward, there’s no possibility that the whole range will ever go fully electric.
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No more roar of V12? Lolol!
The whole world is moving towards EV. Even hardcore petrol head carc ompanies like Maserati. In Malaysia, NAP is blind. Cannot lead us to EV at all. NAP and NEP have blinded our people and made us lazy
I wish we had Perodua Kenari hybrids but the Japanese cheated us when they promised to give but they didn’t.
Maserati is like the softcore variant of Ferrari. Maserati focuses more on comfort & luxury while Ferrari on hardcore driving. It would be too much risk for Ferrari to dive into EV/Hybrid so Maserati is the test mule.
Sound like batman’s bat mobile.
That’s just a whirrling sound of my Dyson Supersonic hairdryer.
seen & heard one quatroporte (donno spelling) near my area, addictive sound
many of these cars no longer able to produce roaring engine noise on it’s own so they rely on some sound generator to make it sound like a beast. VW has speakers near it’s exhaust to emulate very sporty exhaust sound. Some of them have a screw you can tune to change it’s notes.
that is how all electric engine sounds, especially those which has very high torque and can rev high….what so special about maserati’s? LOL
italian electrics? lol. i would even buy a cheap italian electronic item let alone something that would be a million ringgit.