Named after Battista 'Pinin' Farina, the founder of the Carrozzeria Pininfarina coachbuilding company that he started in 1930, the all-electric hypercar will be designed and hand-built in very limited numbers at Pininfarina SpA under the watchful eye of Paulo Pininfarina, Battista's grandson and current Pininfarina SpA Chairman.
Paolo Pininfarina shook hands with Michael Perschke, CEO, Automobili Pininfarina and Anand Mahindra, Mahindra & Mahindra Group Chairman, to confirm that the limited edition hypercar would take his grandfather's name and be the fastest and most powerful car ever designed and produced in Italy.
In aiming to be the world's first fully-electric luxury hypercar, extreme levels of technology and functional design lie beneath the Battista's carbon fibre exterior, supporting the delivery of staggering performance for a road car. Power and torque equate to 1,900bhp and 2,300Nm respectively, meaning the Battista has the potential to accelerate to 100km/h in less than two seconds, faster than a Formula One car, and break the 402km top speed barrier - all with a potential zero emissions range of over 483km.
