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Pininfarina updates B0 Concept as Bluecar EV, more production details

 
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Pininfarina gave up contract manufacturing last year to focus solely on building electric vehicles (EVs). At the Geneva Motor Show this week, the company has reworked their B0 Concept into a more palatably-named BLUECAR EV, with more details on its expected production plans.

The B0/Bluecar EV was already slated for production, with test vehicles to built throughout 2010. Now Pininfarina has committed to going into production with the car by 2011, ramping up to 60,000 annually by 2015. The car will have a six-year model cycle, ending in 2017.

Powered by a lithium metal polymer (LMP) battery, the Bluecar is capable of a claimed 155mi (250km) range and a life-span of 124,000mi (200,000km) - not far short of a standard combustion-engine car on either account.

The Bluecar is co-developed with Bollore, the company providing the propulsion technology for the drivetrain. Pininfarina says the performance is 'astonishing', though the 0-36mph (60km/h) time of 6.3 seconds and 80mph (130km/h) top speed tend to bring their definition of 'astonishing' into question.

For more on the original B0 Concept, check out our original coverage here.
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  1. ma_Mike avatar Mike Posted: 3/5/2009 1:47pm PST

    Is it just me, or is blue becoming the new "green"? The past year or so has had several manufacturers name their most environmentally friendly vehicles with blue in the title/trim level: Mercedes' Bluetec clean diesels, Hyundai's iBlue, and now Pinninfarina has Bluecar. Still, at least people won't confuse the name for an olfactory assault from one's armpit.
     
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  2. ma_twinturboz avatar twinturboz Posted: 3/5/2009 2:03pm PST

    yeah, bluecar is def better than 'B.O.'
     
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  3. sidraja avatar Siddarth Raja Posted: 3/5/2009 5:12pm PST

    It's B.0. - note that's a zero and not an O.

    Still a silly name though.
     
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  4. By Aello Posted: 3/9/2010 9:31am PST

    If I well remember, the production of the B0 should have started in late 2008, then was postponed to 2009, then to 2010 now to 2011...probably such car will never appear on the market, it will remain a concept car. So, if you wish an electric car, the only chances are the Prius plug-in and the GM Volt.
     
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