When it arrives in 2020, the Battista will be the most powerful car ever designed and built in Italy, Automobili Pininfarina said.
Luxury
electric vehicles brand Automobili Pininfarina, a part of the
Mahindra
Group, Tuesday unveiled its luxury electric vehicle Battista here
which is touted to be faster than a current Formula 1 race car in its
0-100 km/h sub-two second sprint.
When
it arrives in 2020, the Battista
will be the most powerful car ever designed and built in Italy. It
has the potential to accelerate to 62 mph in less than two seconds,
faster than a Formula 1 car, and break the 250 mph top speed barrier
all with a potential zero emissions range of over 300 miles, the
company said.
It
will deliver a level of performance that is "unachievable today
in any road-legal sports car featuring internal combustion engine
technology", it claimed.
"This
is the most authentic and exciting automotive story imaginable. The
Battista is the hypercar of the future, inspired by a legendary
past," Automobili Pininfarina CEO Michael Perschke told
reporters here.
Electrification
unlocks the door to a new level of performance and a zero-emissions
future, whilst a passion and respect for automotive history will
define how this landmark car looks and feels, he added.
"We
aim for the Battista to be a future classic and automotive icon,
writing its own page in automotive history books," Perschke
said.
No
more than 150 Battistas will be hand-crafted in Italy and allocated
equally between the regions of North America, Europe and Middle
East/Asia, Pininfarina said.
Customer
service will be delivered through some of the world's best luxury car
retail specialists, from Los Angeles to London to Tokyo, it added.
The
Turin-based company has named the model after Battista 'Pinin'
Farina, the founder of the Carrozzeria Pininfarina coach building
company that he started in 1930. The all-electric hypercar is
designed and hand-built in very limited numbers at Pininfarina SpA.
Based
out of Europe, Automobili Pininfarina combines its automotive design
prowess with Mahindra's growing electric vehicle (EV) expertise,
gained from participation in the Formula E electric racing car
championship.
The
Mahindra Group had acquired Pininfarina in late 2015 for an overall
outgo of over EUR 50 million after months of negotiations.
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