PARIS — The electric car being developed by Bollore and Italy’s Pininfarina will be sold on the internet as well as through a network of local distributors, from December 2008, Les Echos reported. Bollore said in December it is creating a 50-50 joint venture with Pininfarina to develop a 100 pct electric car, to be marketed under the Pininfarina brand, with a total investment estimated at 150 mln eur. Bollore boss Vincent Bollore told the paper the idea is for customers to be able to lease the cars, which will come in several different colours, for around 500 eur per month, eventually becoming owners after 3 or 4 years. The paper said French users could claim a government grant of 5,000 eur of the total price of around 24,000 to buy the car. The four-door car will be manufactured at Pininfarina’s facilities in Turin, northern Italy, and will use a lithium metal polymer battery developed by Bollore. Bollore is also investing an extra 350 mln eur in two LMP battery plants in Brittany and Canada. Les Echos said Bollore is ready to invest directly in Pininfarina to help it through its current financial difficulties, although […]