Pininfarina BlueCar to be built for French car sharing service

Pininfarina BlueCar to be built for French car sharing service

Pininfarina has announced that it has penned a contract with Cecomp and Bolloré, in which it will build 4,000 of its BlueCar electric vehicle for Autolib, a car sharing service which will be operational in October 2011 in Paris and 40 other municipalities in the Île-de-France district.

The car, which will feature as the mainstay in the low-cost car rental scheme, will be built at the company’s plant in Bairo Canavese in northern Italy. The contract will run until December 31, 2013, at a total rental rate of 14 million euros.

Pininfarina BlueCar to be built for French car sharing service

The BlueCar, which made its debut in at the Paris Motor Show in 2008, is a four-seater, five-door hatch which features a Lithium Metal Polymer battery that can be recharged at a traditional mains plug. With a life span of around 200,000 km, the battery enables the car to have an operational range of up to 250 km on a single charge.

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  • Danny Tan (Member) on Mar 16, 2011 at 12:42 pm

    Was Tata’s Pixel concept inspired by this? Two less doors, but looks quite similar.

    http://paultan.org/2011/03/03/tata-pixel-four-seater-nano-based-concept-for-europe/

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    • mfahd_88 on Mar 16, 2011 at 2:18 pm

      i do think the same thing to
      but tata nano look far more cuter than this one

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  • huiyoo on Mar 16, 2011 at 3:55 pm

    most of the concept electric cars now taking the proton emas design

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  • lockersbest_c on Mar 16, 2011 at 7:40 pm

    it seems that all future model would look small like this..pelik kn trend keta nh. design die dkt2 nk sama je..

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