Pininfarina is a name that has been heavily associated with Ferrari, but it’s going to have its own car soon. They are scheduled to introduce their new all-electric Bluecar in 2011.
The production Bluecar that was unveiled at this year’s Geneva Motor Show is a 5-door 4-seater compact MPV powered by a Lithium Polymer battery pack, which along with a supercapacity energy storage system can enable the car to deliver 250km of driving range. It would take a few hours to recharge the batteries (via a 230V power outlet) and Pininfarina revealed the batteries will have a life-span of 200,000 km. For once, a car manufacturer that’s honest about the lifespan of the battery they’re putting into their cars!
The Bluecar EV also has solar panels on the roof which can help recharge the batteries. The vehicle will be produced as part of a joint venture with French industrialist Vincent Bollore. Bollore may be interested in manufacturing his own batteries for the Bluecar in France. Regarding the matter, Pininfarina’s CEO, Silvio Pietro Agnori told Italian press, “Bollore is probably interested in providing the battery to the world, and we are interested in designing electric cars for other manufacturers.”
After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
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200,000 km is not much actually. my Wira already 215,000 alrdy and still running fine.
interesting, but we cant see here soon coz gov policy
At one glance, looks like a jazz to me.
not the slightest
Looks promising and very fresh design wise, hope it will come fruition and to our shores sometime soon. I dont' mind to be the guinea pig to test one.
200,000 km is enough for me…
no top speed heh…….but i think most modern PEV top speed at 120km/h…they can go faster but electronic limitation by inverter limit for safety maybe…….but the problem is just battery cost…huh too expensive
seats 4 still called mpv?
just call it a hatchback la.
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I thought this company is not that healthy. The guy itself killed on a scooter going to work, and their recent creations are not being picked up by manufacturers. Or am I wrong?
KS said,
October 13, 2009 @ 1:57 pm
200,000 km is not much actually. my Wira already 215,000 alrdy and still running fine.
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Come on brader, 200,000 km is somewhat nearly 7y for normal usage.. typical KL driver will drive 30k km per year. 200,000 km is the optimum life cycle for a battery, considering 200,000 u have to do engine overhaul etc.
If u want 400,000 km life cycle.. the car would be heavier la bcoz they have to put in double the capacity.
csv said,
October 13, 2009 @ 9:38 pm
seats 4 still called mpv?
just call it a hatchback la.
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they seams run out of vocab… I agree with u.
Almost any vehicle can call MPV… a kapchai can seat 4 too if you want.
200k km gotta be more then enough for a house wife. A typical school/pasar car for a house wife in a small town won't do more then 50k km in 10 years.
Looks like ATOZ/ATOS new generation…
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Actually the bluecar is the idea of BOLLORE Who created this new kind of baterrie. We try to make a deal with a main constructor and finally deciced to create is own car, without any positive answer of the approched constructor. Pininfarina was contacted to finish the design and for built the car.