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Pininfarina will help design Hercules Alpha electric pickup

Green Car Reports

The Italian design firm Pininfarina will help design the Hercules Alpha electric pickup truck as well as other products, Detroit-based startup Hercules Electric Vehicles announced Tuesday in a press release.

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Pininfarina grows its U.S. footprint in early bid for EV hypercar market control

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Automobili Pininfarina has announced today that it is again expanding its dealership network in the United States as it looks to take advantage of the small number of electric hypercars currently on the market. Still, the fact that its first offering, the Pininfarina Batista, would be electric was a shock to many.

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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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In Memoriam: Marcello Gandini, an Automotive Design Master

The Truth About Cars

The studio worked exclusively on concept cars and prototypes, and before long auto manufacturers hired Bertone so Gandini could pen their design. His work on the 2+2 Lamborghini Urraco show car in 1970 inspired Ferrari, who ventured away from their Pininfarina ways and employed Bertone to design the Dino 308 GT4.

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

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While not being used for the Rimac Auto brand, this round of investment was intended to fund the Rimac Technology brand, a company that will be an EV and PHEV parts supplier to other brands.