Pininfarina Battista: Luxury electric hyper performance GT

Author: Sudhanshu Raghav.

The world is moving towards electric mobility and all manufacturers are bringing products with zero emissions electric vehicles. Electric vehicles are made with complete different approach as compared to Internal combustion engine vehicles. Electric cars are future of automobile industry and everyone is adopting  the change or trying to adopt it considering the environment change and numeruou disadvantages of internal combustion engine cars.

But-  What about the enthusiasts then?? Are they going to suffer due to this electric transformation.

Well Automobili Pininfarina has answer to that question. The Pininfarina Battista... A car design firm , headquarters in Cambiano,Italy. Mahindra Group acquired Paninfarina in December , 2015.

A revolutionary product in automotive performance segment. The world's first luxury electric hyper performance GT is what they call it. A car with zero emissions and high performance is certainly a piece of art. 

Carmaker is planning to bring this car in the market in 2020 and it is going to be the most powerful car ever designed bypassing all the road-legal sports car running on internal combustion engine technology. Car is claimed to achieve 0-100 kmph in under 2 seconds with 1,900 hp and 2,300 Nm of torque this thing can beat the current Formula -1 race car. Considering this amount of extreme performance from an electric vehicle will certainly bring a huge change to our imagination and the  way we underestimate this technology. This car is going to take the bar high for performance cars.

"This is the most authentic and exciting automotive story imaginable. The Battista is the hypercar of the future, inspired by a legendary past. It combines true inspiration and innovation in its technical achievement and emotional appeal. 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." 

                                                   Michael Perschke (Automobili Pininfarina CEO).

Pininfarina Battista Specifications:

Engine:

Range (kms)                                                            450km

0-100(kmph)                                                           Under 2.0 seconds

0-300(kmph)                                                           Under 12.0 seconds

Power                                                                      1900 hp [1,400 kW]

Torque                                                                     2,300 Nm

Top Speed (kmph)                                                  Over 350 

Battery Power                                                        120 kWh

This hyper beast will change the way we think about electric mobility, packed with thrilling performance and nothing but the best design straightaway from Italy this car has a lot of potential to make gasoline powered vehicles worried..

Image source:  Google and Automobili Pininfarina...