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Pininfarina releases Battista’s record-breaking acceleration, braking metrics

Teslarati

Italian hypercar maker Automobili Pininfarina released record-breaking acceleration and braking metrics for its Battista hypercar. The previous record holder was the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, which accomplished the feat in 38.7 The Battista achieved 0-60 MPH acceleration in just 1.79 seconds and 0-120 MPH in 4.49

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ITALIAN ELECTRIC SPORTS CAR LANDS IN INDIA: BATTISTA PININFARINA

Electric Vehicles India

Automobili Pininfarina, the Italian luxury car absolutely owned by Mahindra & Mahindra, Unveiled the pure electric histrionic GT ‘Battista’ for the first time in India here at Hyderabad as a part of the Hyderabad E-Motor show. The name Battista is a tribute to Pininfarina’s founder Battista Pininfarina.

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Eight new EV brands you’ve never hears of – and they don’t come from China

EV Central

China’s Geely is providing its SPA electric vehicle architecture and Italian design house Pininfarina (these days owned by India’s Mahindra) is providing the exterior and interior design for three EVs – an SUV, a hatchback and estate. It was originally scheduled for 2019, then 2021 and most recently it was hoping to get going later in 2023.

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Shock! VinFast’s VF Wild electric pickup was designed in Melbourne!

EV Central

GoMotiv’s involvement with VinFast has been very low profile to this point, unlike designs completed by the Italian design houses Pininfarina and Torino, which have been heavily promoted. GoMotiv is yet another Australian involvement for VinFast, which created and then shut an engineering outpost in Port Melbourne between 2019 and 2021.

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Grove Hydrogen Automotive and State Government of Minas Gerais Brazil announce hydrogen vehicle cooperation program

Green Car Congress

Designed by Pininfarina, the Granite is a sporty 5-door coupe. The testing will start by the end of 2019 and the operation will start by the end of 2020. —Professor Hao Yiguo, CEO and Founder of Grove Hydrogen Automotive. The program will begin immediately.

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