Maserati Tridente, All-Electric Powerboat Made in USA By Hodgdon Yachts

Coinciding with its 110th anniversary, the famed Italian automaker Maserati has entered the yachting market. Just as it’s doing with its cars, it’s gone all-electric with the Maserati Tridente.

The 34-foot (10.5-meter) powerboat looks and performs as a stylish dayboat or tender should, due to the input of Hodgdon Yachts. The Maine-based shipyard is employing carbon fiber construction for the series. Additionally, it’s leveraging the hull design of its popular Limousine, Open, and Beachlander tenders, from its Hodgdon Tenders division. That hull design comes from Michael Peters Yacht Design.

To provide customers with flexibility, the Maserati Tridente can accommodate dining or simply enjoying the ride in the cockpit. Up to eight passengers can spread out on the seating, both in the cockpit and on an aft-facing settee at the swim platform. Guests also can take advantage of an aft sunpad. Swimmers, naturally, can slip into the water via a ladder and rinse off with a convenient handheld shower. Additionally convenient, the cabin contains a head and a berth.

For the electric propulsion, once again Maserati wanted to rely upon a company with a proven marine track record. It’s therefore collaborating with Vita Power. Vita Power premiered in the yachting industry in 2019 with its own electric powerboat. Since then, it has been producing fully electric powertrains for other boatbuilders, too. In fact, in 2020, it began collaborating with Hodgdon Tenders for its electric tenders. For the Maserati Tridente, Vita Power created a powertrain offering 252 kWh of battery capacity and the equivalent of 600 hp. It reportedly recharges in less than an hour, too. Maserati says customers can expect a top speed of 40 knots and a cruising speed of 25 knots.