Rimac is a kind of corporations whose existence and success appeared unlikely however which proved a number one automotive tech firm and hypercar producer may very well be based mostly in Croatia. The corporate was began 15 years in the past by its now famend founder, Mater Rimac, and it’s launching a particular version of its Nevera EV to mark the event.
It’s referred to as the Rimac Nevera fifteenth Anniversary, and it doesn’t have any additional energy or performance-enhancing upgrades. Not that it wanted them because it’s already able to sprinting to 60 mph in below two seconds and simply lighting up all 4 tires whenever you ground it even at increased speeds. What this limited-run Nevera affords are particular copper particulars that assist it stand out over the common mannequin—if a Nevera may be referred to as that.
The Nevera was already particular
Do not assume that as a result of Rimac launched the 15 Years Anniversary model of the Nevera the non-anniversary mannequin is any much less particular. In case you have the cash, you may personalize the Nevera to your coronary heart’s content material and make it really bespoke, which you’ll’t with the brand new particular version.
You’ll nonetheless be capable to personalize the automobile if you happen to select to purchase one of many 9 anniversary automobiles deliberate for manufacturing, which can set you again €2.35 million, which works out to $2.54 million at present alternate charges. The usual Nevera begins at €2 million or about $2.1 million.
What all these particular version automobiles could have in frequent are “15 Years Anniversary” badges and the two-tone exterior paint scheme with a fetching shade of copper on prime and the decrease a part of the physique exhibiting its naked carbon fiber weave below a shiny clear coat.
The wheels additionally get copper particulars, and the theme is sustained within the cabin with copper leather-based on the higher a part of the seats, which additionally get “15” logos stitched into the headrests. Copper thread is used for all of the stitching within the cabin, which prospects will be capable to have in both black or white. There’s additionally an extra “2009-2024” script on the central armrest, complemented by extra “15” logos on the copper-finished door seize handles.
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Rimac says that the worth consists of all choices, and because it’s going with a selected visible theme with this mannequin, it’s seemingly going to restrict a few of the traditional customization choices that it normally affords on Neveras. The producer will convey all 9 automobiles to this yr’s version of the Goodwood Pageant of Pace, the place the shoppers will be capable to drive them up the well-known hillclimb course the place the Nevera set a document time of 49.32 seconds in 2023—it grew to become the quickest manufacturing EV to go up the hill.
The Nevera achieves its record-breaking 1,813 horsepower output (or 1,914 PS) from its array of 4 motors, one for every wheel. This enables for very exact torque distribution, and it allows the motive force to tailor the automobile’s dealing with stability in response to their choice, the place it’s being pushed and outdoors climate circumstances. It may be a tire-shredding drift monster one second and a grippy time assault machine on the contact of a display.
Chassis stiffness is essential to giving the Nevera its exceptional agility, and it’s achieved by means of the usage of a shell and physique made solely out of carbon fiber. The battery doesn’t take up its complete ground like in most EVs, and it’s concentrated in a backbone working down the middle of the automobile and behind the passenger compartment to maintain the load as near the middle of the automobile for improved dealing with.
The Nevera additionally has a sister automobile that shares its underpinnings, powertrain and battery wrapped in a physique that extra carefully resembles Italian supercars, the Pininfarina Battista. Curiously, the Battista accelerates by means of the quarter-mile 0.03 seconds faster than the Croatian unique, with a time of 8.55 seconds.
