Bolloré and Pininfarina have entered into a partnership featuring all the expertise required to launch serial production of an electric car which, thanks to its technical characteristics and its attractive styling, is bound to make waves in motoring circles.
This car will not be a prototype. It will be a mass production model, with the first units coming off the production line at the end of 2009, after which production will be ramped up gradually based on the availability of the batteries. Built in Turin by Pininfarina-Bolloré, a joint venture formed by the two family-owned groups, the B0 electric car will be powered by Bolloré’s proprietary LMP technology, using a combination of batteries and supercapacitors manufactured in Bolloré’s plants in Quimper, France and Montreal, Canada. The B0 will be a fully-electric vehicle without any carbon dioxide production, having been designed from the ground up with that aim in mind. Its batteries will be housed in a compartment specially designed for that purpose and located under the car, between its axles, lowering its centre of gravity and providing it with outstanding road-holding properties.
With its superb body styled by Pininfarina, Italy’s renowned vehicle design shop, the B0 electric car will be an elegant four-seater, four-door hatchback with an automatic gearbox. Its LMP battery, which will be rechargeable in a matter of hours from a standard domestic main socket, will provide it with a range of 250 km (153 miles). The B0 will have a top speed that is electronically limited to 130 km/h (80 mph) and will feature potent acceleration, reaching 60 km/h from a standing start (0 to 37 mph) in 6.3 seconds. The B0 will also feature solar panels on its roof and hood, so as to help recharge its electrical power reserves.
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04-Oct-2008
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COOL. $?
Posted by: Wesley L
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18-Apr-2009
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You incorporated the concepts I've been looking for. You might also try adding Internal Wind Generators to assist in charging while car is in motion. Have you looked into Electro Magnetic Fans (Kohie Minato's Magnetic Fan Company) which can generate electricity while powering air conditioning fans.
Posted by: Eddy Larson
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07-Oct-2008
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I strongly hope they can match their schedule! It will be really the first electric vehicle for normal people! and not another concept car...
I'm wondering the price of it, though.
Posted by: giuseppe Lentini
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05-Oct-2008
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The synopsis says it all. Finally super capacitors are being used in the design of electrical powered vehicles . ALL electric vehicles both pure and hybrid MUST use them to maximize the efficiency and potential of stored energy and it's release and its instant capture through regenerative breaking.
SYNOPSIS: Bollore's LMP battery, which utilizes a combination of lithium ion batteries and super capacitors, will provide it with a range of 250 km (153 miles).
People are finally starting to understand the principles of electric power storage , utilization and use.
Posted by: Keith Tomilson
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30-Nov-2009
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Hi,
I would like to know the possible price Pininfarina Bo.
Please! your response will be highly appreciated. I look at this car on the net but there is so little information about the car.
Thanks
Posted by: Saikou Marong
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30-Nov-2009
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Posted by: Saikou Marong
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