Zero to 60 in 3.2 seconds is quick. Simply twenty years in the past, a time of three.3 seconds made the Ferrari Enzo the quickest automobile you might purchase.
The Rimac Nevera, in testing in Germany final month, didn’t go 0-60 mph in 3.2 seconds.
It went from zero to 100 mph in 3.2 seconds.
The $2.2 million electrical hypercar set 23 pace data in a single day.
What Is the Rimac Nevera?
Rimac (pronounce it “ree-mutts”) is a Croatian automobile producer that builds unique electrical vehicles. It’s the fervour challenge of Mate Rimac, who has designed electrical automobile (EV) parts for different automakers, together with Hyundai, Kia, and Porsche.
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However Rimac additionally builds its personal vehicles — extraordinarily low-volume exotics that chase data.
The Nevera is the newest of them. It’s tough to maintain monitor of its specs as a result of the corporate often tweaks them in pursuit of seemingly unattainable feats. However the Nevera boasts no less than 1,914 horsepower from 4 electrical motors — one per wheel.
Electrical vehicles are heavy as a result of batteries are heavy. However, by constructing your complete physique from light-weight carbon fiber, the corporate has reportedly saved the load below 4,800 kilos (very heavy for an unique automobile however gentle for one thing with that a lot battery).
The EPA has licensed the automobile for 287 miles of vary between charging classes. However nobody is aware of how far it might journey if pushed to its absolute efficiency restrict. Many gas-powered hypercars have surprisingly quick ranges at excessive pace.
The corporate says it might construct them at a price of 1 per week.
It makes use of facial recognition know-how as an alternative of a key. So sure, if in case you have the spare $2.2 million it takes to order one, it can solely begin for you.
And These Data?
We’ll simply record the claims in imperial numbers, however the firm additionally ran a collection of exams in metric. Rimac says they’ve been licensed by Racelogic and Dewesoft — two firms that present instrumentation for automobile testing.
Among the many claims:
- 0-60: 1.74 seconds
- 0-100: 3.21 seconds
- 0-120: 4.19 seconds
- 0-130: 4.74 seconds
- 0-200: 10.86 seconds
- 0-250: 21.86 seconds
- 60-130: 2.99 seconds
- 0-249-0: 29.93 seconds
- 1/8 mile: 5.44 seconds
- 1/4 mile: 8.25 seconds
- 1/2 mile: 12.82 seconds
- Standing mile: 20.59 seconds
- 62-0: 95 toes
The automobile ran on Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R tires, the identical set discovered on the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 with the Z07 monitor package deal.
It’s arduous to attract significant comparisons for these numbers.
System One racing groups preserve their vehicles’ specs near the vest, however HotCars claims that the 2015 Purple Bull RB11 might run from 0-60 mph in 1.7 seconds. So the Nevera is about as fast as an F1 automobile however weighs greater than three of them put collectively. It additionally seats two, so you might sustain with Lewis Hamilton whereas your buddy filmed him from the passenger’s seat.
Automobile and Driver managed a 13-second quarter mile in a 400-horsepower 2023 Nissan Z. The Rivera went twice that distance in much less time.
The Fox Information web site notes that the Nevera’s half-mile time is “about as fast as it might cowl the space in a free fall.”
Need one? Rimac says the Nevera “is proscribed to 150 examples, and it’s presently being constructed on the outskirts of Zagreb, with deliveries ongoing to clients everywhere in the world.”
