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Pininfarina has created a hybrid Tesla rival

Hybrid Kinetic H600 is only a concept, but it looks spot on to us...

Published: 07 Mar 2017

This is the Pininfarina H600, and well, it looks rather handsome doesn’t it. There’s some Volvo in the body surfacing and grille, perhaps some Jaguar-ness in the stance and roofline as well. So lets get the bad news out of the way straight off: it’s a concept car, and you won’t be able to chop in a BMW 5 Series or Audi A6 for it any time soon.

Or a Tesla for that matter, because the H600 is in fact a hybrid. Being the fruit of an Italian design house, data on the H600’s powertrain is notable by its absence: there’s no CO2 figure or battery range to coo over. Merely, we’re told the “luxury sedan concept with hybrid propulsion is both elegant and comfortable, a perfect combination of pure design and eco-friendly technology.”

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Hong Kong’s Hybrid Kinetic Group has commissioned the car as a showcase for its propulsion tech to be shown at the 2017 Geneva Motor Show. Inside, there are more Tesla nods, with a giant touchscreen dominating the front of the cabin, and seats supported by a single pillar, Model X-style.

Meanwhile, there’s phosphor blue ambient lighting – very Jaguar – and the whole space has been designed around the concept of (you guessed it) a lounge. The woodgrain is supposed to hark back to traditional cabinet making, and is used in the floor and seat backs. And who wouldn’t want a lounge with suicide doors?

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