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<\/a><\/p>\nHardcore version of Nevera outpaces Bugatti Veyron Supersport and clocks 0-62mph in stunning 1.66sec<\/p>\n
The new Rimac Nevera<\/a> R has officially become the world’s fastest electric car, clocking a top speed of 268.2mph.<\/p>\n That means the more hardcore version of Rimac<\/a>‘s EV hypercar is also one of the world’s fastest production cars of all time – surpassing even the Bugatti Veyron<\/a> Supersport.<\/p>\n The independently verified top speed was confirmed as part of a final round of validation tests ahead of customer deliveries getting under way – during which, Rimac says, the 2078bhp Nevera R claimed “new world records in 24 categories”.<\/p>\n Surpassing “every performance record previously set by the standard Nevera”, the R also proved itself the world’s fastest-accelerating production car, sprinting from 0-60mph in a dazzling 1.66sec – 0.08sec quicker than the standard car.<\/p>\n The R also achieved a record 0-400-0kmh (0-249-0mph) time of just 25.79sec \u2013 just over two seconds quicker than the previous fastest car \u2013 and completed a quarter-mile sprint in 7.9sec, a 0.35sec improvement.\u00a0<\/p>\n Company founder and CEO Mate Rimac said: \u201cWhen we first introduced Nevera, it almost seemed like the pinnacle of hypercar performance had been reached. In a single generation, we had created a performance jump that previously would have taken decades.\u00a0<\/p>\n “But now, through relentless innovation, Nevera R goes even faster, while still maintaining much of the comfort and practicality that makes the Nevera a real, usable daily car. Breaking records is in our DNA, and we won\u2019t stop here.\u201d<\/p>\n While Rimac remains committed to breaking boundaries for outright performance,\u00a0it is possible that the company’s next car may not be fully electric.<\/p>\n In May last year, Rimac had not yet sold\u00a0all 150 examples of the standard Nevera, and Mate Rimac suggested that “the narrative” around electric cars had changed, and buyers were becoming “a little bit repulsed” by the “forced application” of EV propulsion.<\/p>\n He said that Nevera development began in 2016 on the assumption that “electric cars would be cool in a few years”, but instead appetite for ultra-high-end EVs was waning in favour of more traditional, analogue alternatives.<\/p>\n “An Apple Watch can do everything better. It can do 1000 more things; it’s a lot more precise; it can measure your heart rate. But nobody would pay $200,000 for an Apple Watch,” he said, adding that Rimac could branch out from EVs in a bid to tap into that demand.<\/p>\n “Rimac isn\u2019t exclusively electric. It\u2019s doing whatever is most exciting at the time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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