GENEVA: A
revolution in automotive performance, design and technical collaboration is
revealed with the Pininfarina Battista, the world’s first luxury electric hyper
performance GT. Delivering on a long-held Pininfarina family dream and a new
target of zero emissions with extreme power, the Battista is the first solely
Pininfarina-badged car and delivers unprecedented performance.
The trio of beautiful Battista design models presented as part
of the hypercar’s World Premiere in Geneva represent a new pinnacle of
desirability for electric cars, stylishly resolving the paradox of beauty and
performance in a pure, elegant and timeless Italian design.
When it arrives in 2020, the Battista will be the most
powerful car ever designed and built in Italy and it will deliver a level of
performance that is unachievable today in any road-legal sports car featuring
internal combustion engine technology. Faster than a current Formula 1 race car
in its 0 - 100 km/h sub-two second sprint, and with 1,900 hp and 2,300 Nm
torque on tap, the Battista will combine extreme engineering and technology in
a zero emissions package.
The year 2020 is also the 90 th anniversary of the legendary
Pininfarina SpA design house, which has taken the design brief for the Battista
and produced a classic Pininfarina: an elegant form that seamlessly integrates
the car’s innovative engineering solutions to deliver unprecedented performance.
It is the same design principle of form and function in harmony as seen in
classic Pininfarina cars reaching back to the Cisitalia 202 of 1947 and through
more than 100 Ferraris, the most recent of which was launched this decade.
The Pininfarina Battista’s place in automotive history is
defined by its name. It is the first in a range of purely electric,
zero-emissions, luxury cars solely branded Pininfarina, delivering on a
long-held family dream that has been carried by founder, Battista, his son
Sergio, and his grandson, the current Pininfarina SpA Chairman, Paolo.
Never before has a new brand and its first car been launched
with such an emotive past, relevance for the present, and potential for the
future – the Battista embodies timeless design as a piece of art. Automobili Pininfarina
CEO, Michael Perschke: “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.”
He further added, “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. We aim
for the Battista to be a future classic and automotive icon, writing its own
page in automotive history books.”
The ingredients for success reach further than statistics and
history. A group of automotive experts, the like of which have never been assembled
before for the launch of a new car company, are working for Automobili
Pininfarina and partnering with Pininfarina SpA and an enviable list of technology
specialists headed by the likes of Rimac and Pirelli. The result is that the
Battista will arrive next year having been developed through the expertise and
inspiration of a team that have been integral to the launches of cars such as
the Bugatti Veyron and Chiron, Ferrari Sergio, Lamborghini Urus, McLaren P1,
Mercedes AMG-Project One, Pagani Zonda and Porsche Mission E.
The resulting hypercar will appeal to the world’s automotive
connoisseurs from a technical and aesthetic standpoint, and also because of its
rarity. 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.
Exceptional customer service will be delivered through some of
the world’s best luxury car retail specialists, from Los Angeles to London
to Tokyo. Plans are in place for the opportunity to fully personalise each car
at Pininfarina SpA’s Cambiano headquarters.
The Battista will set new standards in performance and
desirability for an electric car. It will be the first poster car for the
EV-generation and the halo model for a range of luxury electric cars from Automobili
Pininfarina. It is more than simply a new car reveal, but a pivotal moment in
time for the new automotive environment: the first zero-emissions, Italian
luxury car.
Features : Pininfarina Battista will arrive in 2020
1,900 hp/ 2,300 Nm torque with zero emissions thrusts Battista
to 100 km/h in less than two seconds yet is capable of 450 kms on one charge
with a 120 kWh Li-ion battery pack
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