Automobili Pininfarina has announced the name of the
electric hypercar that will have its world premiere at the 2019 Geneva Motor
Show. Italy’s most powerful and fastest car will be called Battista, as an
homage to company founder Battista ‘Pinin’ Farina. The timing of the market
launch in late 2020 has been arranged to coincide with the 90th anniversary of
Carrozzeria Pininfarina, the famous design house which now starts a new chapter
as an automaker.
Previously known by the PF0 codename, the
Pininfarina Battista will be “the fastest and most powerful car ever designed
and produced in Italy,” according to Automobili Pininfarina. That’s a pretty big claim since
we’re talking about the country that gave the car world household names like
Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, and more recently Pagani. The first official
specs, however, strongly support Pininfarina’s claims.
The Battista’s Rimac-supplied all-electric
powertrain will deliver a total output of 1,900 hp and a peak torque
of 2,300 Nm, enabling staggering performance for a street-legal
car. The company says the Battista has the potential to accelerate from 0-100 km/h in less than 2 seconds, making it faster than a Formula 1 car.
Furthermore, it will be able to break the 402 km/h top speed barrier. All that without any harmful emissions and with
an all-electric driving range of over 483 km. The carbon fiber-bodied hypercar
will be made at Pininfarina SpA’s headquarters in Cambiano near Turin.
Estimated prices vary between US$ 2 million and US$ 2.5 million. Of the production
run of 150 cars, 50 will be allocated to the United States, 50 to Europe, and
50 to the Middle East and Asia.
