The headlines of the Mahindra-owned Pininfarina Battista are its numbers, which are completely off the charts. How does 1,900 horsepower sound? Yes, 1,900 horsepower, which is around twice as powerful as a Formula 1 car. And if that doesn't boggle your mind, 2,340 Nm of torque - the pulling power of a small locomotive - certainly will.
The super stats don't end there. The Battista weighs 2.2 tonnes, around 400 kg more than parent company Mahindra's SUV, the Scorpio. But that doesn't weigh on its ability to rocket from 0-100 kph in a scarcely believable 1.86 seconds and onto 200 kph in 4.49 seconds. These accelerations are world records and catapult this hyper EV into a different orbit from other sports cars.
So does the price. Each Battista will set an owner back around US$ 2.2 million, or ₹18 crores before customs duties.
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