Rimac Nevera smashes 0-400-0kph record
Along with stealing the 0-400-0kph record from Koenigsegg, the Nevera claims 22 additional records...
‘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’.
Those are the words of Rimac's founder and CEO, Mate Rimac, and whatever you think about the meaningfulness of chasing straight-line performance, that’s still a helluva statement to read. It comes in conjunction with news that the Rimac Nevera has smashed the 0-400-0km/h record, along with 22 other speed records in the process.
The testing was carried out at the Automotive Testing Papenburg (ATP) facility in Germany, with the results verified by both Dewesoft and RaceLogic. Rimac points out that the tests involved the standard one-foot rollout, and the Nevera was fitted with road-legal Michelin Cup 2Rs for the runs. Moreover, there was no prepping to improve the grip of the asphalt along the 2.49-mile straight. The times are indeed startling.
The Nevera’s headline 0-400-0kph time (400kph is 249mph) was 29.93 seconds. That’s a second quicker than the previous record holder, the Koenigsegg Regera, which set a time of 31.49 seconds in 2019. A Bugatti Chiron, for context, managed 32.6 seconds to do an equivalent run. The Nevera also posted a 0-60mph time of 1.74 seconds, 0-100mph in 3.21 seconds, and 0-200mph in 10.86 seconds. It also ran the quarter-mile in 8.25 seconds.
The Nevera’s battery, powertrain and software are developed in-house by the Rimac Group. The car features a derivative of its AXL_1800 e-axle at the rear. This unit has a one-mega-watt dual inverter that’s able to deliver 630hp and 664lb ft…per motor. And there are two of those on the rear axle, which means a combined 1,260hp and 1,328lb ft. That's all from a unit that weighs 189.5kg. The front axle also has twin motors, although this is a bespoke unit producing slightly lower outputs. Even so, the combined output is a mind-boggling – I should imagine literally as well as metaphorically – 1,914hp and 1741lb ft .
Operating all of those motors is Rimac All-Wheel Torque Vectoring 2. This uses Rimac software and control units alongside a NVIDIA Pegasus-based supercomputer. Calculations come thick and fast as to which of the four wheels the power and torque are going to: the system can compute and action commands up to 100 times a second.
Just 150 Neveras will be produced at the factory on the outskirts of Zagreb. Rimac said, “What I’m most proud of though, is that this isn’t a car purely designed for straight-line performance. The Nevera can go from breaking records to driving over 300 miles on a charge, refilling from 0-80% in less than 20 minutes and keeping the most demanding drivers in the world engaged. [The Nevera is] not just faster than traditional competitors, but, surprising for a fully electric car, engaging and capable too’.
I assumed that they did what they did with the Agera and were biding their time before attempting some more records with the Jesko (which will need an asterisk next to it's times to indicate the handicap of not being an EV).
That aside, it's not really a surprise that a 4WD EV can beat a 2WD gearless hybrid at an acceleration/deceleration world record.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7yigpPSu_o
That video explains it.Tesla use the same metric for their S Plaid < 2 seconds claim. Same video also works out The tesla is already doing about 6mph when the timing starts so the 0-60 time is actually a 6-60 time.
I'm not happy about this at all - enough stupid Americanisms infesting our euro-auto lexicon as it is......... 'frunk' anybody??
According to these figures
About 2 seconds slower than a Chiron from 200-249-0mph (not the SS300+?)
About 3 seconds slower 200-249-0mph than the Regera
Either the brakes are terrible or it runs out like most electric cars do at high speed, albeit very high speed
I once read that at full speed a Bugatti Chiron or Veyron (can’t remember which and it’s probably a load of nonsense anyway) would go through a tank of fuel in 12 minutes.
I would imagine the Rimac could probably manage that too.
It’s a impressive stat, however the more impressive one is that a McLaren F1 managed to go from £540k to £20m in the intervening 30 years (difficult to believe they’re 30 years old…)
I wonder what the Rimac will be worth in 2053?
The F1s legacy is the impact it had on the mega car landscape not its 0-60 time (which you match in a Tesla model 3 if you want)
I'm a 34 year old dinosaur....I'd definitely take a McLaren F1 over one of these. Or heck, I'd happily put up with a GMA T.33. V12, NA, manual gearbox, lightweight yet usable.....give me that for my weekend trips away or road trips any day over something like this.
Not taking anything away from the performance stats, which are crazy fast.
The Rimac is the absolute polar opposite of the F1. It needs a Nvidia supercomputer to keep it on the straight and narrow. The McLaren didn't even have traction control or ABS.
Its curb weight is 2300kg vs the F1's 1138kg.
You can bring two friends along in the McLaren.
The Rimac is the absolute polar opposite of the F1. It needs a Nvidia supercomputer to keep it on the straight and narrow. The McLaren didn't even have traction control or ABS.
Its curb weight is 2300kg vs the F1's 1138kg.
You can bring two friends along in the McLaren.
I may be totally wrong but I get the impression this Rimac would leave you scratching your head in amazement and awe, but not love.
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