A part of my latest journey to Northern Italy with Maserati included a riveting cruise round Lake Maggiore on the all-electric TRIDENTE boat. Designed by Maserati and propelled by Vita Energy, this luxurious day boat is as swanky as it’s quick… and comes with a price ticket to match.
Earlier this month, I packed up my passport, some white sneakers, and my sun shades for a visit to Lake Maggiore in Italy, positioned about an hour and a half Northwest of Milan, close to the border of Switzerland.
That’s the place I bought the prospect to check drive Maserati’s newest BEV mannequin, the GranCabrio Folgore. You may take a look at these driving impressions and assessment video right here, however one other side of that journey included an up-close have a look at Maserati’s first all-electric boat, the TRIDENTE.
We bought our first official have a look at the all-electric day boat in Puglia this final April throughout Maserati’s “Folgore Day,” the place it formally debuted the beforehand talked about GranCabrio EV. On the time, we realized that the ten.5-meter boat was conceived as a collaboration between Maserati and Vita Energy.
The boat was merely on show contained in the occasion heart, and we solely bought some transient specs, however seeing it up shut was nonetheless a marvel. On the time, we have been promised we might quickly have the ability to take a look at drive the GranCabrio Folgore and the TRIDENTE in Italy, and Maserati shortly made good on its phrase. Try my video beneath to see the Maserati TRIDENTE electrical boat in motion.
Maserati’s first electrical boat is beautiful… and costly
After a quick walkthrough with the GranCabrio Folgore, we strolled down the coast of Lake Maggiore to a dock the place the all-electric TRIDENTE awaited our arrival. Maserati’s world head of design, Klaus Busse, was there with us, strolling us across the boat. Per Busse:
TRIDENTE is a luxurious all-electric powerboat that extends Maserati’s electrification technique from the highway to the water, born from Maserati’s collaboration with marine expertise firm Vita Energy. Maserati and Vita Energy share the identical imaginative and prescient on electrification and each construct the autos of the longer term, primarily based on lowered environmental affect, improved buyer expertise, superior expertise, excessive high quality and complicated supplies. Our creations are each completed to the best requirements of craftmanship, enhanced by stunning and purposeful design, with out sacrificing efficiency and magnificence. Maserati Folgore is the usual bearer of our full electrical manufacturing, and we’re proud to increase our new course to the ocean, collaborating with an organization synonymous with ardour, excellence and luxurious in the brand new electrical period.
My first impressions of the vessel are how smooth and manicured it’s—a design genuinely worthy of the Maserati brand (which is plentiful all through). The boat options luxurious yacht supplies from US boatbuilder Hodgdon Yachts and a sophisticated powertrain from Vita Energy, full with twin electrical motors.
These motors are powered by a 252 kWh lithium-ion battery pack, enabling future homeowners to cruise for as much as 43 miles on a single cost, relying in your velocity. Talking of velocity, the TRIDENTE can cruise at 25 knots (~29 mph) and attain a high velocity of 40 knots (46 mph).
Vita Energy’s expertise additionally permits DC quick charging (the place accessible), permitting the Maserati boat to recharge from 10-90% in underneath an hour. Different options embody room for eight passengers, a rear sundeck, and a decrease cabin full with a mattress and sink.
My impression of the TRIDENTE is that it’s a well-designed boat with loads of room for passengers to cruise comfortably. As an all-electric mannequin, the TRIDENTE is each easy and quiet, particularly at low speeds.
Nonetheless, whenever you get it out on open water, you’ll wish to seize maintain of one thing as a result of its on the spot acceleration and as much as 600 hp can’t be denied. This expands its capabilities as a leisurely day boat into an authorized speeder if you should get someplace quick—or for those who simply wish to exhibit.
Talking of displaying off, this all-electric Maserati boat is unquestionably extra of a standing image than something, because it begins at 2.5 million euros ($2.86 million). The TRIDENTE is on sale now, however the one I rode on is at present the one one in existence. I’m positive we’ll see extra sooner or later; nevertheless, I’d count on solely a choose few consumers all over the world will purchase one.
Till then, take a look at my expertise on the Maserati day boat within the video beneath.
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