Maserati could also be bringing plug-in hybrid powertrains to its product line-up to fill the hole between its present inner combustion engine, mild-hybrid and battery-electric fashions, with the next-generation Quattroporte prone to be amongst its PHEV choices, Autocar has reported.
The luxurious Italian carmaker at the moment has three powertrain varieties on provide – an ICE turbocharged V6, mild-hybrid inline-four cylinder and battery-electricand its CEO Santo Ficili advised the publication that the corporate wants to supply its clients “all the chances” as it really works in the direction of full electrification.
“I don’t know once we will go completely BEV. For certain sooner or later, however I don’t know when automotive will go on this path. It’s a query of timing. Within the center, we have to contemplate MHEV and PHEV engines, relying on the event of the expertise we need to comply with,” Ficili advised Autocar.
Whereas present fashions from Maserati are based mostly on platforms which don’t readily accommodate PHEV powertrains, group model sibling Alfa Romeo is quickly to launch a new-generation Stelvio and Giulia that are constructed on the Stellantis STLA Giant platform that’s EV-first, but in addition helps ICE, hybrid, hydrogen and range-extender EV powertrains.
Whereas the next-generation Quattroporte is claimed to be set for a 2028 debut, the next-generation Giulia is claimed to be due for debut subsequent 12 months, and co-developing the Quattroporte with the Giulia might expedite growth of the Maserati sedan mannequin whereas lowering analysis and growth prices, with an analogous acquire to be made if the following Levante is co-developed with the following Stelvio, Autocar wrote.
Though there’s a want “to maintain the 2 manufacturers separated” by way of positioning, there stays alternatives for the 2 manufacturers to share “platforms, digital architectures, software program and doubtless powertrains,” Ficili mentioned.
The CEO of Maserati and Alfa Romeo had beforehand indicated {that a} limited-production flagship product might spawn two fashions between the 2 manufacturers, such because the previous-generation GranTurismo that shaped the premise for the Alfa Romeo 8c.
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