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This article was published by Andrew Evans (@Famine) on December 12th, 2018 in the Automotive News category.
Pininfarina Names Its Electric Hypercar "Battista" After Brand's Founder
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The company's founder? After a bit of research, I found that Battista is apparently the Italian word for Baptist.
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Yep. Battista "Pinin" Farina. He changed the family name in 1961 to Battista Pininfarina. When he died in 1966, his son Sergio took over the company, and Sergio stepped down so his eldest son, Andrea, could take over. Andrea died in 2008 (Sergio in 2012), and younger brother Paolo took over.
One of Battista's nephews was Giuseppe "Nino" Farina, the first F1 world champion.
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No, the H2 Speed is a concept from a couple years ago that's powered by hydrogen, hence the name H2. The Battista (Which was announced as the PF0 several months ago) is pure electric with an electric drivetrain supplied by Rimac. The Battista is closer to the Rimac C_Two mechanically.
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Awfully generic looking considering it comes from a famous design house. It doesn’t look like it’s fared as well under Indian ownership as JLR has.
Should’ve just called it the McPaganerrari. You could buy a 720S or 488 and probably convert it to electric power and still have money left over compared to this and still have more snob appeal.
Should’ve just called it the McPaganerrari. You could buy a 720S or 488 and probably convert it to electric power and still have money left over compared to this and still have more snob appeal.
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Why would anyone convert them to electric lol? As soon as I saw this I just thought ooh it's a Ferrari. And this needs ICE. I like this design but I'll take an abarth 500 any day over these el6cars bo matter how quick or good they look.
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Someone paying 2.5 million for this obviously REALLY wants an EV (or bragging rights about how much power it has) since it’s highly unlikely this is going to hold its value in the future like the other cars in this price bracket will (and we all know the majority of cars like this are going into storage).
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