Boat International US Edition – June 2019

BOATLIFE

Jewelry designer Maria Canale derives much

of her creative energy from her love of water.

She is supporting water.org and its mission to

provide people access to safe, clean water. This

year, 10 percent of sales from her Drop and

Wave collections will go to the organization.

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A Drop to drink

Discovermore

excitingnew

electriccars

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electric-cars

Pininfarina powers up

TheItaliandesignhouseissettingoutonitsown–andgoing

flat-outelectric–withitsroad-legalhypercar,saysSimondeBurton

heatmosphereattheGenevaMotorShowinMarch

wastrulyelectric,withmanysignificantmarques

showcasingthelatestbattery-poweredorhybrid

drivetrainstobefittedtothenextgenerationofcars.

Butitwasanewmanufacturerthattrulystoletheelectricshow

withthecarpicturedbelow:theexotic-looking,fabulously

fast,beautifullyengineeredandemission-freeBattista

fromAutomobiliPininfarina–acarpennedontheverydrawing

boardswhereboatssuchasthePrincessYachtsR35andX95

wereconceived.

Sinceitsfoundingin 1930 byBattista“Pinin”Farina,the

Pininfarinastudioshavecreatedsomeofthemostfamous

profilesinautomobilehistory,fromtheAlfa

Romeo6CBerlinettaof 1935 tomodern

classicssuchasFerrari’s 599 GTBFiorano,

ScagliettiandCalifornia.Butonlynowhas

thefirmestablisheditselfasamakerofcars

initsownright.Anditappearstohavehitthe

groundrunningwiththeBattista,dueto

arriveonourstreetsnextyearas“theworld’s

firstelectric,luxuryhyperGT.”

PININFARINABATTISTA

The mostpowerfulroadcarever builtbyanItalian

manufacturer,theBattistawillfeatureapowertrainbyclass-

leadingfirmRimacthatisexpectedtoproduce1,900hp. This

willgivethecarapredictedtopspeedof218mphand a

zero-to-62mphtimeoflessthantwoseconds.

Aninnovative,T-shapedbatterypackpromisestooptimize

weightdistribution,whilefourindependentmotorswillprovide

separatepowertoeachwheel.Thiscreatesa“torquevectoring”

systemthat,combinedwithhugecarbon-ceramicbrakes that

regeneratethebatteriesandadjustable,electronicsuspension,

promisestomaketheBattistaatrulythrillingdriver’scar.

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SPECS

SPEED

Powertrain
Four electric motors
(one per wheel)
Power 1,900hp
Torque 1,696 lb-ft

Acceleration

0-62mph: 1.9sec

Range up to 270 miles

Top speed 218mph

Price $2.5 million

T

Drop necklace

(left), $32,000,

Wave wide band

ring (left), $7,150,

Wave earrings

(right), $5,900, all

in 18kt white gold,

diamonds and

blue sapphires

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