The Pininfarina Battista—a car so absurdly powerful that it makes a fighter jet look underwhelming. This isn’t just any hypercar; it’s an electric hypercar. Yes, the people who spent decades sculpting Ferraris so beautiful they made grown men weep have now decided to build their own car. And in typical Italian fashion, they looked at the concept of “restraint” and promptly threw it out the window.
Let’s start with the figures, shall we? The Battista has 1,900 horsepower. That’s not a typo. One thousand, nine hundred. That’s nearly double the power of a LaFerrari, and it doesn’t come from some fire-breathing V12—it comes from four electric motors (one at each wheel) and a Rimac-sourced 120 kWh battery pack. The result? A 0-100 km/h time of 1.86 seconds. That’s faster than the blink of an eye, faster than gravity itself, and definitely faster than your brain can process what’s happening.
To put it in perspective, if you planted your foot down at a set of traffic lights, by the time the person next to you had even thought about accelerating, you’d be halfway to another country. And it doesn’t stop there—this thing will keep pulling until it hits 350 km/h (217 mph). At which point, you’d better hope the road ahead is straight and empty, and that your passenger has a strong stomach.
Now, if you’re thinking, “Ah, but surely an electric hypercar must look like a spaceship designed by accountants,” think again. This is Pininfarina, the company responsible for some of the most breathtaking cars ever created. The Battista is as much an art piece as it is a vehicle—sleek, aggressive, but also undeniably elegant. It has all the right curves in all the right places, with active aerodynamics that subtly shift depending on how fast you're going (which, let’s be honest, is probably always very fast).
Inside, it’s the future of luxury. Gone are the endless rows of buttons and confusing controls; instead, you get multiple digital displays, premium materials, and a cockpit that feels more like a private jet than a car. But here’s the real genius—it still feels Italian. It’s not some cold, clinical EV experience; it’s still infused with that unmistakable passion that makes Italian cars so special.
Of course, being electric, the Battista doesn’t sound like a traditional hypercar. There’s no howling V12, no snarling V8—just the eerie whir of electric motors and the distant wail of your own terrified screams. But somehow, that adds to the drama. It’s like driving something from the future, a machine so advanced that it doesn’t even need noise to intimidate you. And honestly, that’s rather brilliant.
The Battista isn’t just another electric hypercar—it’s the electric hypercar. It proves that EVs don’t have to be soulless, joyless appliances. It takes the best of what makes Italian cars special—design, passion, ridiculous performance—and wraps it in a package that just happens to run on electrons instead of petrol.
And that, really, is the ultimate achievement. Because when Pininfarina builds an electric hypercar, the world doesn’t just take notice—it rethinks everything it thought it knew about the future of performance.
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Steve Jobs
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American entrepreneur & co-founder of Apple Inc.
