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Pininfarina’s all-electric Battista hypercar is undergoing its toughest challenges yet as it completes high speed testing at the Nardo proving ground.
The company says the first successful high-speed test of its Lotus Evija rival is a major milestone in the car’s development programme. The car being put through its paces at the centre by company test driver and vehicle dynamics manager Georgios Syropoulos isn’t a stripped out mule either, but a fully equipped car as close to a roadworthy Battista as possible.
Chassis development and torque vectoring calibration is the key aim of the high-speed tests rather than powertrain validation. Pininfarina says it is fine tuning bespoke chassis settings so that the Battista has broad variation in characteristics depending on the drive mode selected.
The Battista is powered by four electric motors – one for each wheel – which produce a combined output of 1,873bhp and 2,300Nm of torque. The Italian brand says the system will provide a 0–62mph time of less than two seconds, a 0–186mph time of 12 seconds and a top speed of 217mph.
When the first examples reach customers later this year, the Battista will be one of the most powerful road-legal cars ever produced, with almost 400bhp more than the Bugatti Chiron. The only car the Battista currently trails is the Lotus Evija, which has an extra 100bhp over Pininfarina’s effort.
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Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 grey interior
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Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 white
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Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 grey
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The Battista’s electric motors are powered by a 120kWh liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery, which is mounted low in the car’s chassis and laid out in a T-shape configuration to aid the car’s weight distribution. The powertrain has been developed in tandem with Rimac. and Pininfarina is targeting a maximum range of around 310 miles.
The Battista is designed around a carbon fibre monocoque with a carbon fibre and aluminium rear subframe. The car also features a set of carbon-ceramic brakes with six-pot calipers, a torque vectoring system, adjustable dampers, an active rear wing and a range of passive aerodynamic vanes.
Production of the pure-electric hypercar is strictly limited to just 150 units – with the USA, Europe and Middle East getting 50 examples each. Every model will be hand-built at the firm’s facility in Turin, and prices are expected to range between £1.5 million and £2 million.
Pininfarina says it will offer “almost endless” opportunities for interior customisation and, given the model’s exclusivity, it’s likely that each model will be tailored around the buyer’s preferences, with the upholstery, technology and trim all created bespoke. Features expected to persist across each car will be the dual-screen infotainment system and ambient LED lighting.
In 2015, Pininfarina was acquired by Indian firm Mahindra & Mahindra. Shortly after the acquisition, Pininfarina announced it would start producing its own vehicles as Automobili Pininfarina (alongside its existing consultancy business), borrowing the all-electric expertise gained by the Mahindra’s participation in the inaugural 2014–15 Formula E season.
Pininfarina Battista - front light
Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 grey interior
Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 white
Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 white
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Pininfarina Battista - front action
Pininfarina Battista - grey front
Pininfarina Battista - front/side
Pininfarina Battista - white full front
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Pininfarina Battista - side/rear
Pininfarina Battista - powertrain
Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 grey doors open
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Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 white side
Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 white
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Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 grey
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The Battista’s design was carried out under the direction of Automobili Pininfarina’s recently-appointed design director, Luca Borgogno, who moved across from the firm’s existing consultancy division.
Towards the end of 2018, Pininfarina named its new hypercar, dedicating it to the company’s founder, Battista Farina. When the announcement was made, the company’s chairman Paolo Pininfarina, grandson to Battista Farina, said: “This is genuinely a dream come true. My grandfather always had the vision that one day there would be a stand-alone range of Pininfarina-branded cars. For me, we simply had to call it Battista.”
Pininfarina has also entered a partnership with global EV charging network ChargePoint to provide buyers of the upcoming Battista electric hypercar with five years of unlimited complimentary public charging at more 115,000 locations across Europe and North America.
Buyers will also get a bespoke domestic wallbox charger, designed by Pininfarina and made from recycled materials, which promises to supply up to 7.2kW of power – enough to fully recharge the hypercar’s 120kWh battery pack in around six hours.
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The company says the first successful high-speed test of its Lotus Evija rival is a major milestone in the car’s development programme. The car being put through its paces at the centre by company test driver and vehicle dynamics manager Georgios Syropoulos isn’t a stripped out mule either, but a fully equipped car as close to a roadworthy Battista as possible.
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Chassis development and torque vectoring calibration is the key aim of the high-speed tests rather than powertrain validation. Pininfarina says it is fine tuning bespoke chassis settings so that the Battista has broad variation in characteristics depending on the drive mode selected.
The Battista is powered by four electric motors – one for each wheel – which produce a combined output of 1,873bhp and 2,300Nm of torque. The Italian brand says the system will provide a 0–62mph time of less than two seconds, a 0–186mph time of 12 seconds and a top speed of 217mph.
When the first examples reach customers later this year, the Battista will be one of the most powerful road-legal cars ever produced, with almost 400bhp more than the Bugatti Chiron. The only car the Battista currently trails is the Lotus Evija, which has an extra 100bhp over Pininfarina’s effort.
Pininfarina Battista - front light
Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 grey interior
Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 white
Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 white
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Pininfarina Battista - front action
Pininfarina Battista - grey front
Pininfarina Battista - front/side
Pininfarina Battista - white full front
Pininfarina Battista - front
Pininfarina Battista - rear
Pininfarina Battista - side/rear
Pininfarina Battista - powertrain
Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 grey doors open
Pininfarina Battista - white front
Pininfarina Battista - front static
Pininfarina Battista - rear detail
Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 white side
Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 white
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Pininfarina Battista - wheel
Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 blue
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Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 grey
Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 white
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Pininfarina Battista - grey rear
Pininfarina Battista - white rear
Pininfarina Battista - EV powertrain
Pininfarina Battista - full rear
Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 grey rear
Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 grey
Pininfarina Battista - full front
Pininfarina Battista - detail
The Battista’s electric motors are powered by a 120kWh liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery, which is mounted low in the car’s chassis and laid out in a T-shape configuration to aid the car’s weight distribution. The powertrain has been developed in tandem with Rimac. and Pininfarina is targeting a maximum range of around 310 miles.
The Battista is designed around a carbon fibre monocoque with a carbon fibre and aluminium rear subframe. The car also features a set of carbon-ceramic brakes with six-pot calipers, a torque vectoring system, adjustable dampers, an active rear wing and a range of passive aerodynamic vanes.
Production of the pure-electric hypercar is strictly limited to just 150 units – with the USA, Europe and Middle East getting 50 examples each. Every model will be hand-built at the firm’s facility in Turin, and prices are expected to range between £1.5 million and £2 million.
Pininfarina says it will offer “almost endless” opportunities for interior customisation and, given the model’s exclusivity, it’s likely that each model will be tailored around the buyer’s preferences, with the upholstery, technology and trim all created bespoke. Features expected to persist across each car will be the dual-screen infotainment system and ambient LED lighting.
The story of the Battista
In 2015, Pininfarina was acquired by Indian firm Mahindra & Mahindra. Shortly after the acquisition, Pininfarina announced it would start producing its own vehicles as Automobili Pininfarina (alongside its existing consultancy business), borrowing the all-electric expertise gained by the Mahindra’s participation in the inaugural 2014–15 Formula E season.
Pininfarina Battista - front light
Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 grey interior
Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 white
Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 white
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Pininfarina Battista - front action
Pininfarina Battista - grey front
Pininfarina Battista - front/side
Pininfarina Battista - white full front
Pininfarina Battista - front
Pininfarina Battista - rear
Pininfarina Battista - side/rear
Pininfarina Battista - powertrain
Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 grey doors open
Pininfarina Battista - white front
Pininfarina Battista - front static
Pininfarina Battista - rear detail
Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 white side
Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 white
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Pininfarina Battista - wheel
Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 blue
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Pininfarina Battista - dash
Pininfarina Battista - rear static
Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 grey
Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 white
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Pininfarina Battista - grey rear
Pininfarina Battista - white rear
Pininfarina Battista - EV powertrain
Pininfarina Battista - full rear
Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 grey rear
Pininfarina Battista at Geneva Motor Show 2019 grey
Pininfarina Battista - full front
Pininfarina Battista - detail
The Battista’s design was carried out under the direction of Automobili Pininfarina’s recently-appointed design director, Luca Borgogno, who moved across from the firm’s existing consultancy division.
Towards the end of 2018, Pininfarina named its new hypercar, dedicating it to the company’s founder, Battista Farina. When the announcement was made, the company’s chairman Paolo Pininfarina, grandson to Battista Farina, said: “This is genuinely a dream come true. My grandfather always had the vision that one day there would be a stand-alone range of Pininfarina-branded cars. For me, we simply had to call it Battista.”
Pininfarina has also entered a partnership with global EV charging network ChargePoint to provide buyers of the upcoming Battista electric hypercar with five years of unlimited complimentary public charging at more 115,000 locations across Europe and North America.
Buyers will also get a bespoke domestic wallbox charger, designed by Pininfarina and made from recycled materials, which promises to supply up to 7.2kW of power – enough to fully recharge the hypercar’s 120kWh battery pack in around six hours.
Click here for all the latest on the new Automobili Pininfarina Pura Vision electric SUV...
Continue reading...