The astonishing Rimac Nevera has set 23 speed records to add to its title of world’s fastest electric car.
We know that the Rimac Nevera is gut wrenchingly rapid, but thanks to a series of record breaking GPS-verified performance figures, the Croatian firm has illustrated just how accelerative its 1407kW hypercar is. Having previously reached 415km/h to become the fastest production EV, the Nevera has now smashed 23 speed records on a test track in Germany – including a staggering 0-400km/h-0km/h run of just 29.93 seconds. That’s over a second quicker than the previous record holder, the Koenigsegg Regera.
The figures were achieved with a one-foot rollout, but even so, the Nevera ran on road-legal Michelin Cup 2 R tyres on un-prepped asphalt, achieving a 1.81-second 0-100km/h sprint. It went on to reach 200km/h in 4.42 seconds, and 300km/h in a scarcely believable 9.22 seconds. The Nevera was equally impressive in braking tests, pulling up from 100km/h in just 28.96 metres.
Following the run, founder Mate Rimac said: ‘Growing up I always looked at the cars that made history moving the bar for performance, in awe of the kind of revolutionary technology they brought to the road. That is what is driving me from day one – to develop new technology that redefines what is possible.’
‘Today, I am proud to say that the car we’ve created can get to 400 km/h and back to 0 in less time than it took the McLaren F1 to accelerate up to 350 km/h. And not only that, but it can do it again and again, breaking every other performance record in the process. If you had a Nevera and access to a track, you could do it too.’
The Nevera is delivered to customers with a limited top speed of 352km/h, but Rimac can lift this to the full 415km/h at special customer events under controlled conditions, primarily to ensure optimal tyre condition for such high speeds.
The Nevera itself is based on the Concept_Two first unveiled in 2018, but now Rimac has taken that car’s bespoke chassis, motors and batteries and turned them into something tangible that customers can actually purchase.