Weekend Drive by Hormazd Sorabjee: Lightning bolts

The fastest, heaviest, most expensive supercar in the world is also electric. Even at 2.2 tonnes, the Pininfarina Battista can do 358 kph

The headlines of the Mahindra-owned all-electric Pininfarina Battista are its numbers, which are completely off the charts. How does 1,900 horsepower sound? Yes, 1900 horsepower, which is around twice as powerful as a Formula 1 car. And if that doesn’t boggle your mind, 2,340 Nm of torque – the pulling power of a small locomotive – certainly will.

The Pininfarina Battista rockets from 0 to 100kph in a scarcely believable 1.86 seconds.

In the Battista, I (far left) set a new top speed record for the fastest car and fastest EV on Indian soil. Renuka Kirpalani (far right) hit 357.15 kph to become the fastest Indian woman driver in the world.