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The Bollore Group and Pininfarina Join Forces to Manufacture and Market an Electric CarBolloré and Pininfarina agreed to establish a 50-50 joint venture to manufacture a car that will be 100% electric.
The car will be sold under the Pininfarina brand.
The total investment is estimated at about 150 million euros.
The electric car, which will be manufactured by Pininfarina in Italy, will benefit from the vast expertise gained by Pininfarina in the design and production of top-of-the-range automobiles and will be equipped with a revolutionary Lithium Metal Polymer battery developed by the Bolloré Group.
Founded in 1930, the Pininfarina Group is based in Italy and has more than 3,000 employees a facilities throughout the world.
Today, it is a leading supplier of automotive services, offering carmakers creative solutions based on proprietary knowhow at every step of design, product and process engineering and of niche vehicle manufacturing.
Its Italian plants can produce up to 60,000 cars a year (and up to 20,000 cars a year in its Sweden plant.
Because the car that Bolloré and Pininfarina plan to develop and manufacture jointly will be 100% electric, it will produce 0% carbon dioxide emissions.
It will have four seats and will be equipped with a battery that will provide it with a range of 250 km in city driving.
This battery, which is the product of 15 years of research, combines the benefit of high energy density with an exceptionally long life, enabling the vehicles it powers to run for more than 200,000 km.
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