Bluecar electric car screen. Battery display for the Pininfarina Bluecar, an example of lithium polymer battery electric car technology. The car was designed by the Bollore Group. Electric cars such as this, which use advanced electric motors, batteries and hybrid propulsion systems, depend on rare earth elements such as dysprosium and neodymium. The Pininfarina Bluecar was launched in 2011. Photographed in November 2011.