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Pininfarina Battista. Photo: Automobili Pininfarina
It’s no secret that electric cars – even the garden-variety sedans or family wagons – put out great numbers in the acceleration department, primarily due to the simplicity of pure-electric drivetrains.
But what about hand-built Italian stallions wreathed in a carbon-fibre monocoque, packing a 1900hp monster pumping out 2,340nm of torque under the proverbial hood? Then you get the Battista, the all-electric hypercar by Italian automakers Automobili Pininfarina, which is headquartered in Munich and their automobiles trundle out of a factory in Cambiano, northern Italy.
Going as fast as 350kmh
Credit: Automobili Pininfarina
The handcrafted hyper GT broke records at the Dubai Autodrome last month with a ridiculous, somehow-still-street-legal century sprint of just 1.86 seconds, and double that in 4.75 seconds. Both are world records for a production car.
But a car that puts out terrific speed – the Battista tops out at 350kmh – needs good brakes. The Battista delivers, with its carbon ceramic brake system bringing the svelte automobile from 100kmh to zero within 31m – earning it another notch as the world’s fastest braking electric vehicle (EV).
Even more impressive after all that, we think, is the hypercar’s range of almost 480km on a single charge, which should comfortably banish range jitters from even the most ardent petrol heads.
Credit: Automobili Pininfarina
Like other hypercars of its ilk, there are plenty of customisation options – with some 128 million possible interior combinations alone, according to the press release. These result in around 1,250 manhours of workmanship necessary for each automobile at the factory in Cambiano.
The Italian hypercar’s worldwide release was much anticipated. Pininfarina revealed the Battista some three years ago, but faced major production delays due to a combination of last-minute updates and a certain global pandemic.
Only 150 examples will be made, distributed across customers in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. If you haven’t put your name down for one, do note that the Battista retails at €2.2 million (S$3.13 million) plus local taxes – so quite a pretty penny indeed for a blisteringly fast car.
