A £2million ($2.5million) all-electric hypercar with a staggering 1,900 horsepower has hit the streets of New York.
The Pininfarina Battista reaches 60mph (100km/h) quicker an F1 car, passes 180mph (290km/h) before an F-16 fighter jet does and will keep going all the way to a top speed of 217mph (350kmh/hr) courtesy of its electric motors being fed by a 120 kWh battery.
A prototype was unveiled last month and now it has been showcased again this week at an off-site event at the Javits Center for the New York International Auto Show
Its creators say the Battista will be 'the world's first luxury electric hyper GT' and 'the most powerful road-legal car ever designed and built in Italy' when it goes into production next year, with a claimed range of 280 miles.
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For the world's super-rich, at a time when petrol and diesel cars are blamed for pollution and poor air quality, it offers the combination of speed with 'sustainability, and luxury without guilt'.
Only 150 of the cars are going to be produced, with 50 destined for the US - with half of that allowance already reserved by keen customers - and 50 set for both Europe and Asia.
Deliveries are expected for 2020.
Three versions of the car - which features jaw-dropping lift and tilt butterfly wing style doors, similar to the Mclaren 720S, were showcased at Europe's first major motor show of the year, in Geneva, Switzerland and again in New York this week.
They are set to be just the first in a range of cars bearing the standalone Pininfarina name - linked to one of the world’s most famous family automotive styling houses.
The car is named after the late Battista ‘Pinin’ Farina, who in 1930 founded the Italian automobile design house Pininfarina, which next year celebrates its 90th anniversary.
The weight distribution of the T-shaped liquid-cooled 120 kWh battery - made from a mix of lithium, manganese and nickel - is configured to optimise the car's dynamics
Only 150 of the cars are going to be produced, with 50 destined for the US - with half of that allowance already reserved by keen customers - and 50 set for both Europe and Asia
His son Sergio, who died in 2012 aged 85, went on to design some of the most beautiful cars, sports cars supercars of the 20th and 21st century including many Ferraris such as the Testarossa (1984), Enzo (2002), and the Dino series (1968–76) that launched Ferrari into the mass market.
The firm is now chaired by Battista's grandson Paolo, who said that after decades of designing other people’s cars it was a ‘dream come true’ to launch such a car bearing the Pininfarina name as a tribute.
‘My grandfather always had the vision that one day there would be a stand-alone range of Pininfarina-branded cars,’ he said.
The car is built around a single-cell carbon-fibre monocoque with battery packs between the front seats and behind the rear bulkhead.
There are four motors, one per wheel.
The weight distribution of the T-shaped liquid-cooled 120 kWh battery - made from a mix of lithium, manganese and nickel - is configured to optimise the car’s dynamics.
Some 90 per cent of owners are expected to charge at home. The firm expects that the remaining 10 per cent will be catered for by app-based charging networks which it expects to be in place by 2021.
For the world's super-rich, at a time when petrol and diesel cars are blamed for pollution and poor air quality, it offers the combination of speed with 'sustainability, and luxury without guilt'
Boasting more output than a Formula 1 car, bosses say the Battista will accelerate to 62mph in under two seconds and hit and 186mph in less than 12 seconds
Its creators say the Battista will be ‘the world’s first luxury electric hyper GT ‘ and ‘the most powerful road-legal car ever designed and built in Italy’ when it goes into production next year
The Battista’s range will be at least 280 miles and that the company will provide a system to charge 80 percent of the battery in just 40 minutes or less
Massive, carbon-ceramic six-piston brakes promise fade-free deceleration and hugely effective brake regeneration to the
