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REPORT: Pininfarinia, Bollore Bluecar still on track

Leaving recent rumors that Pininfarina might be working with PSA to build the all-electric Bluecar (based on the Pininfarina B0 concept) untouched, Pininfarina S.p.A. CEO Silvio Pietro Angori told the Italian media that the original partnership between Pininfarina and French financier Vincent Bollore is holding fast. Pininfarina designed the car and Bollore is supplying the batteries. Each partner wants to use the Bluecar as a springboard to shop their design or battery skills to other automakers. The Bluecar will be powered by a 68 ... Read more →

Rumormill: PSA to build Bolloré's BlueCar/B0? Xavier Navarro

2008 Pininfarina B0 concept, the basis for the Bluecar - Click above for high-res image gallery Since Pininfarina is going through some rough times,the French press is speculating about what ...

Pininfarina Bluecar confirmed for sale next year Xavier Navarro

2008 Pininfarina B0 concept, the basis for the Bluecar - Click above for high-res image gallery Bolloré has reportedly decided to hurry up and get the Bluecar ready for 2010, which is when ...

Bolloré reports 3,300 reservations for electric Pininfarina BlueCar Jeremy Korzeniewski

Back at the beginning of March, Pininfarina began accepting reservations for the new electric BlueCar hatchback, which it co-designed with French battery maker Bolloré. According to the ...

Heuliez begins accepting orders for Friendly electric car in France Jeremy Korzeniewski

Last fall at the Paris Motor Show, auto parts supplier and part-time vehicle assembler Heuliez debuted an electric car called the Friendly. As of Thursday, the three-seat electric vehicles were made ...

Geneva 2009: Pininfarina and Bollor now accepting orders for all-electric B0 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Click on picture for a complete high-resolution gallery of the B0 concept If you're a fan of Pininfarina's B0 concept, go and join the list. The two partners in the car, Pininfarina and Bolloré, have officially opened their registration list for a €330 per month lease for the car. ...

Geneva Preview: Pininfarina will bring B0 (B Zero) concept to Geneva 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

If you couldn't get enough of the gorgeous B0 (B Zero) electric car concept that the Italian design house of Pininfarina unveiled at the Paris Motor Show early last October than you might construe this as good news, it's coming to the 2009 Geneva Motor Show as well. Unfortunately, that means they ...

Bollor courts Evo Morales and Bolivia's lithium 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

French industry giant Group Bolloré, which we're familar with for their involvement with Pininfarina in a handful of interesting electric car projects, announced it has contacted Bolivian President Evo Morales to secure a supply of lithium in order to produce advanced batteries. Negotiations ...

Pininfarina hopes for big things from B0 electric car 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

It's a tough time to be an automaker these days, but especially so for Pininfarina, which counts on small manufacturers such as Ferrari and Maserati to generate continued work for its designers. To combat this serious problem, the Italian design firm has branched out, collaborating with the ...

Paris 2008: Pininfarina and Bollor debut the B0 (B Zero) production electric car 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

While we've known for some time that an electric car would be forthcoming from the partnership between the fabled firm of Pininfarina and the French industrial giant Bolloré, the two companies have avoided any embarrassing premature publication of photos until the predetermined moment at ...

Pininfarina EV to be shown in Paris 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Things appear on schedule for Italian coachbuilder Pininfarina to show its electric car concept that was created in collaboration with battery-maker Bollore. Despite the recent passing of its CEO, Andrea Pininfarina, who had reportedly been spearheading the project, reports indicate that the ...

Pininfarina / Bollore electric car project stays on the road 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Pininfarina / Bollore electric car project was said to be "going as planned" despite the tragic death of Andrea Pininfarina. who was overseeing the operation around which the Italian design company was being financially restructured. Addressing a press conference, Bollore head Vincent Bollore ...

Pininfarina raises capital for electric car project 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In partnership with French industrial group Bollore and Indian automaker Tata, Italian design house Pininfarina is preparing to launch its new electric minicar by 2010. Initial production of the car, which will be sold across Europe, Japan and in the United States, is scheduled to begin at 2,000 ...

Tata to get class, Pininfarina to get cash in Indian design center deal 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In what might be the most perfectest (work with me here) odd couple match-up since chocolate and peanut butter, Pininfarina, car designer extraordinaire and builder of the hydrogen fuel cell-powered Sintesi concept car (silver automotive objet d'art pictured above), with minority participation from ...

Bollare gives boost up to Pininfarina 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Although Pininfarina, maker of the fantabulous Sintesi concept (pictured above), has been pretty busy designing fancy-schmancy cars and boats and generating huge sales, it has also been losing money the past couple of years. In an effort to continue providing the world with its moving poetry, the ...

More pictures and videos of Pininfarina Sintesi at 2008 the Geneva Motor Show 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Easily the hottest green car at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show was the Sintesi, Pininfarina's hydrogen fuel cell concept. Below the fold is an amazing video of the unveiling of the car. Also below the fold is a quick look inside the car by AutoCar. Autoblog also took some amazing close up shots of the ...

Geneva 2008 preview: Pininfarina's Sintesi design revealed 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Following weeks of sketches and hints, the carrying case (by which I mean the vehicle) for the unique hydrogen fuel cell system in the Pininfarina Sintesi has been officially unveiled. The striking Pininfarina design - note the crazy-big windshield and the double side windows - houses an ...

New EV coming from Bollor/Pininfarina partnership 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The French Bolloré group and Italian design house Pininfarina have setup a new joint venture to develop and build an electric car. Pininfarina is probably best known as the design studio that has created most of the production Ferraris of the past half century along with cars manufactured by ...

Geneva Motor Show: The beON, a two-seat, hybrid, off-road sportscar? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Let me post this question first... Is there such a thing as an off-road sportscar, or is that a contradiction in terms? I thought for a moment about that, and decided, sure... why not? A reasonable case could be made that some of the off-road dune buggy's like the Meyers Manx kits could be ...


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