Pininfarina Automobili has managed to bring one of
the most intriguing hypercars at this year’s Geneva Motor Show in the form of
the new electric Battista. The new Battista
looks elegant, beautifully proportioned. Some of
the lines on the outside do resemble a mid-engine Ferrari but this is
Pininfarina we’re talking about and the end result is pretty appealing
visually.
And while the Pininfarina Battista may not attack
your eyeballs as viciously as, let’s say a Koeningsegg Jesko or a Bugatti La
Voitture Noire, its specs will drop your jaw on the floor; the full carbon
monocoque chassis features four electric motors -each mounted behind a wheel-
for a combined output of 1,900 PS and 2,300 Nm of torque,
making the Battista the most powerful road legal car on the planet, once it
arrives in 2020.
The four electric motors, which also provide real
torque vectoring, are fed by a T-shaped 120kWh lithium-ion battery pack that’s
mounted within the center tunnel and behind the seats. It’s because the whole powertrain is shared with Rimac, the company that
pioneered the whole “electric hypercar” trend.
Pininfarina reckons that the Battista is capable of
a 0-100 km/h in under 2 seconds, but more impressively a 0-300 km/h in under 12 seconds. For reference, McLaren expects the Speedtail to
hit 300 km/h from a standstill in 12.8 seconds. Top speed is quoted at 350 km/h. Less important figures (for a hypercar) include a driving range of up
to 450 km and the ability for DC fast charging.
Pininfarina plans to produce by hand no more than
150 examples of the Battista in Italy, each priced from around US$ 2.5 million.
The production run will be allocated equally between the regions of North
America, Europe and Middle East/Asia, which translates in 50 cars per region.
