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Watch the Pininfarina Battista smash the 1/4 mile world record

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The Pininfarina Battista has smashed the quarter-mile speed record at a test track in India. Electric hypercars are quickly becoming the fastest vehicles on the planet, and the fastest of all of them is the Pininfarina Battista. The Pininfarina Battista achieved a quarter mile time of just 8.55 seconds. .

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The Pininfarina Battista is more than a Rimac Nevara in a wig

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The Pininfarina Battista electric hypercar is more than a simple remix of the Rimac Nevara. Pininfarina’s Battista has been circulating in the news for over three years. It could show the future of electric hypercars, not just from Pininfarina but from the market as a whole. ” Credit: Pininfarina.

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Ford takes on world record challenge with new electric Mustang

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Now, as the company transitions to electric vehicles , it is looking to take its motorsport heritage with it and is making some incredible prototype projects to show it. Today, the Blue Oval revealed its latest project, an 1800-horsepower electric Mustang that it hopes will take home some of the most competitive records in the world.

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Tesla Model X Plaid gets another drag race win against 1000hp Porsche

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Tesla continues to prove that electric vehicles are the fastest accelerating vehicles on the road, and it isn’t even close. In the world of hypercars, Rimac and Pininfarina continue to set quarter-mile records. What do you think of the article? But they aren’t the only ones.

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Mahindra XUV700 electric SUV prototype

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A world-famous multinational company Amazon, its Indian unit has announced that it will deploy around 100 electric three-wheeler vehicles from Mahindra Electric in seven cities across the country. . Also, read related article: Mahindra Pininfarina to launch Batista Electric Hyper GT on Aug 12.

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Jawa Motor electric motorcycle to launch in 2022 

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The company has also a Formula-E team and an electric supercar Automobili Pininfarina from an Italian acquisition. Electric vehicles are the future of the automobile industry and already many manufacturers have added EVs to their vehicle portfolio. At present eVerito is available in the country.

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Rimac secures $537m in new investment round with Goldman Sachs, Softbank

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Production will be based around their new headquarters built in Zagreb, Croatia, and has garnered the interest of Ferrari, Jaguar, Mercedes Benz, and Renault: with more substantial deals focused on battery production are in the works with Porsche, Hyundai, Koenigsegg, Pininfarina, and Aston Martin. What do you think of the article?