French financier Vincent Bollore has announced that his parent company has entered into a joint-venture with Pininfarina to develop an electric car. The deal — which is valued at 150 million euros — will see the electric car designed and built in Italy.
The car will be sold in Europe, Japan and the United States. The companies hope to have the car to market by the summer of 2009.
According to Reuters, the car will use lithium-metal-polymer battery packs developed by the Bollore group.
The Bollore group is also developing an electric car with the French power company, EDF.
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12/21, 10:18 AM
posted by:
Get Real
A French company.
Nothing else needs to be said.
12/21, 10:20 AM
posted by:
CA36GTP
Summer 2009? I’ll believe it when I see it.
12/21, 10:44 AM
posted by:
Veda
French automakers have some interesting designs out of a bunch of weird abominations. Their collaboration with Pininfarina should take care of that. Not sure about the electric motor thing though…
12/21, 11:34 AM
posted by:
SwerveEarly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDnSE7DT3uQ
Here is a short vid of a decent french car, driven by a pretty good French driver.
12/21, 11:36 AM
posted by:
SwerveEarly
Dont forget your head phones if your at work.
12/21, 11:43 AM
posted by:
CA36GTP
Wow. You’re a moron.
12/21, 11:50 AM
posted by:
cwwilson
lol Fairlight, that’s the GM EV1.
12/21, 11:56 AM
posted by:
RicardoHead
And I suppose the front end HAS TO look as retarded as in that picture.
12/21, 12:29 PM
posted by:
jackjimturkey
front looks like a first-year saturn
Veda: There’s a RR French car that really gave me fits. Don’t remember what it was though. I do remember how ugly it was.
12/21, 12:49 PM
posted by:
autonut
150 million Euros (200 mil USD) will produce prototype. If it is successful it will be sold to any number of European manufacturers. Pininfarina will make it look very attaractive: that what they do best.
12/21, 1:44 PM
posted by:
LP640
2009??? someone’s a bit optimistic
12/21, 1:47 PM
posted by:
F3INT))AP3X
I think it needs to be clarified on this thread that that car in the picture is NOT the car in question, it is as Wilson said the GM EV1 and bears no precedent on what the actual vehicle will look like.
12/21, 4:48 PM
posted by:
Firekyro
I hope they do what they claim to do.
12/22, 11:25 AM
posted by:
441Zuke
that is an ev1 it even says it on the side of the damn car
12/24, 8:06 PM
posted by:
SS4LIFE
lol It does look like a Sun Fire though…. LMAO