In February, the team from Pininfarina Automobili headed to the Natrax test facility in India and set about chasing more world records with the all-electric Battista. It managed to do just that, setting new records for the quarter-mile and the half-mile and during the tests, some senior members of Autocar India’s editorial team also put the car through its paces.
The publication’s special test of the all-conquering Battista was also performed at the 11.3 km high-speed track at the Natrax facility. The test saw it set a new world record for the quickest production car to reach 186 mph (300 km/h), setting a new benchmark at a mere 10.49 seconds.
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Autocar India was also granted the opportunity to sample the electronically-limited top speed of the EV. After coming off one of the track’s banked corners at 290 km/h (180 mph), the reviewer pinned the throttle and the car rocketed to 360 km/h (223.6 mph), seemingly in the blink of an eye. A GPS data recorder confirmed its top speed at 358.03 km/h (222.4 mph) and while that’s not an EV record, it was as fast as Pininfarina was willing to push the car with its standard Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2R tires.
What is perhaps even more impressive than the acceleration and top speed of the Battista is just how effortless it builds speed. The reviewer notes that he has driven a Formula 1 car and that the electric hypercar makes it feel slow off the line.
The Battista has plenty of records under its belt. It has hit 60 mph (97 km/h) in just 1.79 seconds, 62 mph (100 km/h) in 1.86 seconds, 120 mph (193 km/h) in 4.49 seconds, and 124 mph (200 km/h) in 4.75 seconds. It can also race down the quarter-mile in just 8.55 seconds, fractionally ahead of the Rimac Nevera with its 8.58-second time.