Nayf
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What I can tell you is that it features a T-bone construction, across the EV and ICE cars. What that means is that the battery pack is arranged into the same T shape that a traditional ICE car is, rather than a 'skateboard' flat bottomed layout. They were very pleased with this in the press conference, because this allows the car to sit lower – and its occupants....so less likely that there's a common platform/architecture under the skin? May also explain why the interior is lagging, if they aren't pulling any gawdawful iPad parts off the shelf...
In theory, such lowness (and central mounting) will help with CoG, as long at the battery packs aren't stacked too high in the car (I can't imagine they would be).
This T shape means it's around 1350mm high compared to 1423mmm of the Panamera to the 1406mm Continental GT.
A couple of things left out of the press release but were part of the presentation was the range. Modena/Trofeo - 650km, and Folgore 450km.
Other things that might interest is that there are 310 litres of boot space in the ICE, and 270 in the Folgore.
Recharge rate (20 per cent to 80 per cent) takes 18 minutes at 270kW.
AC Charging up 22kw
DC charging up to 300Kw * 800v
DC booster 400v-50kw
HOWEVER – take these figures with a pinch of salt as these weren't included in the final press release, and there's probably a reason (as in they haven't been officially tested in some way).
One of the interesting things they've done is to take the – and apologies if this descends into marketing BS – the "DNA of the traditional Maserati sound" and applied to the sounds the EV propulsion sound can produce. That does indeed read like marketing balls on reading it back, but they did demonstrate the process, if not the sound, and I used to make electronic music in my youth so I understand the theory. Essentially, taking the sonic emotional 'high points' and applying them to an EV.
Quite how that will translate, I'm not sure – they were emphatic that it wouldn't be fake V8 noises, it would be something new and certainly based on the sounds from the EV propulsion system. There are three external speakers for maximum dawn drive annoyance (to reference a Dara O Brian tale when he owned a GranCabrio).
Compared to the GranTurismo
1935mm wide +20mm wider
1350mm -24mm lower – which is why it looks 'smaller'
4899mm longer+14mm
Wheelbase 2929mm
They haven't ruled out a return to motorsport with the GranTurismo, though obviously the MC20 project comes first.
These were hastily typed notes from the press conference (which I eventually got booted out from after I asked a question).
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