Bertone: 100 years of car design (photos)

by Andrew Nusca  |  October 18, 2012  |  Image 4 of 27

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Certainly the oddest vehicle included in the exhibition, the 1994 Bertone Z.E.R. -- "Zero Emission Record" -- was powered by 36 lead-acid batteries and intended to "test the extreme limits of an electric vehicle." It would go on to set the world speed record for EVs weighing less than 1,000 lbs. at the Nardo high-speed test track in Lecce with a speed of 300 kmh.

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