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, situated about an hour and a half Northwest of Milan, close to the border of Switzerland.
That’s the place I received the prospect to check drive Maserati’s newest BEV mannequin, the GranCabrio Folgore. You’ll be able to take a look at these driving impressions and evaluate 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 received 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 received some temporary specs, however seeing it up shut was nonetheless a marvel. On the time, we have been promised we’d quickly be capable of take a look at drive the GranCabrio Folgore and the TRIDENTE in Italy, and Maserati rapidly made good on its phrase. Try my video beneath to see the Maserati TRIDENTE electrical boat in motion.
Maserati’s first electrical boat is gorgeous… 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 international 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 street 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 automobiles of the long run, based mostly on lowered environmental affect, improved buyer expertise, superior expertise, excessive high quality and complex supplies. Our creations are each completed to the best requirements of craftmanship, enhanced by stunning and useful design, with out sacrificing efficiency and class. 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 modern and manicured it’s—a design genuinely worthy of the Maserati emblem (which is considerable all through). The boat options luxurious yacht supplies from US boatbuilder Hodgdon Yachts and a complicated 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 pace. Talking of pace, the TRIDENTE can cruise at 25 knots (~29 mph) and attain a prime pace 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 beneath an hour. Different options embrace 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, once you get it out on open water, you’ll wish to seize maintain of one thing as a result of its instantaneous 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 have to get someplace quick—or in case you 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 the moment the one one in existence. I’m certain we’ll see extra sooner or later; nevertheless, I’d anticipate solely a choose few patrons around the globe will purchase one.
Till then, take a look at my expertise on the Maserati day boat within the video beneath.
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