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Pininfarina Plans Its Own EV Brand
Italian design house Pininfarina SpA aims to launch a line of high-end electric vehicles.
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Italian design house Pininfarina SpA aims to launch a line of high-end electric vehicles under its own brand.
Speaking at this month’s Geneva auto show, Chairman Paulo Pininfarina says he plans to make his father and grandfather’s (Sergio and Battista) dreams of creating a “car company” come true, Motor1 reports. He didn’t provide a timeline or any other details about the plan.
Pininfarina also is developing a modular electric car platform for Chinese electric car startup Hybrid Kinetic Group (HKG) Ltd. The partners showed their latest concept, the stylish HK GT coupe (pictured), in Geneva. As with three previous concept models, the HK GT features HKG’s extended-range hybrid system that teams a micro-turbine-powered generator and battery with a pair of electric motors.
Pininfarina also is moving forward with plans to produce the H2 Speed fuel cell-powered hypercar concept it unveiled at the 2016 Geneva show. That vehicle is powered by a fuel system developed by Switzerland’s GreenGT SAS.
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