Pininfarina Battista: testing of the 1.900 hp electric hypercar continues – Sports Cars

Pininfarina Battista: testing of the 1.900 hp electric hypercar continues – Sports Cars

Its world premiere will take place at the Geneva Motor Show. The first deliveries to customers are expected by the end of 2020.

90 years of history in the automotive world. 2020 will be a special year for Pninfarina, who, in addition to celebrating her birthday, will finally present her first electric hypercar, Pininfarina Battista... First deliveries expected at headquarters Camabiano, at the end of the year, and the world premiere will take place in a few weeks at Geneva Motor Show 2020 where silhouette.

Customized by Nick Heidfeld

Now the Italian brand has announced that it has started the first tests of the Pininfarina Battista... The development of a zero-emission hypercar was entrusted to the director of Automobili Pininfarina Sportscar, Rene Wollmann, formerly the developer of Mercedes-AMG. Former Formula 1 driver will sit in the seat of the Pininfarina Battista prototype Nick HeidfeldHe is currently Director of Development and Ambassador for the Italian luxury car brand.

Performance: already 80%

Meanwhile, Wollmann announced that the forklift trucks that carry the chassis and transmission Baptist they have already reached 80% performance without any problems. And it proved that performance sports мощность are already equal to the hypercar with the most powerful heat engine in the world today. And in the wind tunnel, the results of the aerodynamic tests even exceeded the expectations of the engineers.

1.900 h.p. and 2.300 Nm of torque

Thus, in the next few months, Pininfarina Battista will be fine-tuned and will reach the promised figures: 1.900 h.p. power and 2.300 Nm of torque... The numbers are so high that they seem almost unmanageable, but it will be equipped with an advanced electronic adjustment system that will offer a variety of driving modes suitable for all types of drivers.

Tests under extreme conditions

Engineering team Pininfarina cars A program of rapid development and extreme testing in exorbitant weather conditions will be launched. This will give the Italian hypercar the level of reliability it needs to complete development and be ready to enter the garages of its first customers. Pininfarina's design department, led by Luca Borgogno, instead took care of developing the Pininfarina Battista aesthetic.