Maserati has unveiled the first fully electric racing car in its history, the Tipo Folgore, with which it will participate in the Formula E world championship in the wake of the Gen3 era. The single-seater was unveiled in a special event on the streets of Modena which is the home of Maserati. The Formula E debut comes 96 years after Maserati’s first single-seater – the Tipo 26 – which enjoyed a class win at the Targa Florio in 1926 with Alfieri Maserati behind the wheel.
The livery features a blue shade combined
with white stripes, Maserati lettering, the Trident emblem, sponsor stickers,
and the colors of the Italian flag on the sides of the bulkhead. The driver
lineup includes Maximilian Günther and Edoardo Mortara who joined the Formula E
series in 2017 and 2018 respectively.
As with all Formula E Gen3 racers that
debut this season, the electric motors of the Maserati Tipo Folgore will
produce up to 469 hp, bringing up to 600 kW of regenerative
power and a 95% power efficiency. Besides being more powerful, the Gen3 tips
the scales at 840 kg which is 60 kg less than the
discontinued Gen2. Maserati says that the track expertise, technology, and
software used in Formula E will transfer to its high-end Folgore road cars.
The Maserati Tipo Folgore Gen3 will
compete in Season 9 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. Pre-season
testing will take place in Valencia, Spain, before the racing debut in the
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez City in Mexico on January 14. This will be the
longest-running season of Formula E with 17 races. Besides Maserati, other
teams that have already presented their Gen3 racers include Porsche, McLaren,
Jaguar, and Nissan.