---
title: "Maserati Confirms Fully-Electric Alfieri Luxury Coupe to Take on Tesla"
description: "The Alfieri will apparently reach 62 miles per hour in around 2 seconds and boast a top speed of more than 186 miles per hour."
date: "2018-06-01"
modified: "2018-06-01"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/21244/maserati-confirms-fully-electric-alfieri-luxury-coupe-to-take-on-tesla"
categories:
  - "Car Tech"
  - "Electric Vehicles"
  - "Maserati News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Tesla News"
tags:
  - "Electric Vehicle"
  - "FCA"
  - "luxury coupe"
  - "Tesla"
---

# Maserati Confirms Fully-Electric Alfieri Luxury Coupe to Take on Tesla

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2018/06/gettyimages-476612437-e1527867913522.jpg>)
*\<em\>www.thedrive.com</em>*

Good news, lovers of gorgeous Italian sports cars. As part of parent company Fiat Chrysler's five-year plan announced Friday, [Maserati](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/18402/with-the-2018-maserati-ghibli-the-italian-brand-looks-to-resurrect-the-nameplate-again>) has confirmed it'll bring the Alfieri into production sometime before 2022.

According to the company, the Alfieri will be available as a coupe or convertible, be built on a modular, aluminum spaceframe, and come in the customer's choice of fully-electric, hybrid, or plug-in hybrid.

Maserati says it'll be the first "luxury EV coupe" on the market. Featuring torque vectoring "e-all-wheel drive" and an aluminum spaceframe, the car will apparently reach 62 mph in around 2 seconds and boast a top speed of more than 186 mph.

https://twitter.com/_/status/1002479006187511808

![message-editor%2F1527879488405-alfierislide.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1527879488405-alfierislide.jpg>)
**FCA**

Along with every other Maserati from here on out, the Italian coupe will be Ferrari-powered in every configuration.

https://twitter.com/_/status/1002480065203105792

First shown off as a concept at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show, the Alfieri is a 2+2 grand tourer originally scheduled for a 2016 street date which was then delayed to 2018. Maserati then said it would release [sometime early next decade](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/5624/maserati-alfieri-reportedly-delayed-until-next-decade>), a timeline it's sticking to with Friday's announcement.

It was originally poised to take on cars like Aston Martin's DB11, select flavors of Porsche 911, the Lexus LC, and BMW's upcoming 8 Series. The newly-promised, all-electric production version, however, is taking closer aim at the upcoming [Tesla Roadster](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/16182/tesla-reveals-next-gen-roadster-with-a-1-9-second-0-60-mph-time>) and [Rimac C\_Two](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/19050/rimacs-new-electric-hypercar-has-1888-hp-hits-60-mph-in-under-two-seconds>) instead with Maserati boss Tim Kuniskis explicitly telling [*Fortune*](<https://fortune.com/2018/06/01/maserati-alfieri-electric-car/>), "It may look like we are targeting Tesla: we are."

Hell, the company even sent out a slide in which one of their grilles looms menacingly over the logos of Tesla and Porsche. Very subtle.

![message-editor%2F1527881397698-maseratislide2.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1527881397698-maseratislide2.jpg>)
**FCA**

When reached for further information, a spokesperson told *The Drive*, "At this time, we are not providing any additional information or comments beyond what has already been shared today by Mr. \[Sergio\] Marchionne and Mr. \[Tim\] Kuniskis."

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://www.instagram.com/cltsuii/>)