The Rimac Nevera, already the quickest accelerating manufacturing automobile on the planet and the manufacturing EV with the best verified prime velocity, is now additionally the quickest electrical manufacturing automobile to have ever taken on the well-known Goodwood Competition of Pace hillclimb, in addition to the quickest general manufacturing automobile this yr. Within the Supercar Shootout on the ultimate day of the occasion, the Nevera set a time of 49.32 seconds.
The automobile – fitted with Pirelli Pilot Sport 4S tires – was pushed all through the weekend by Bugatti Rimac Chief Take a look at and Improvement Driver, Miroslav Zrnčević, who famously spent most of his time on the hill in Nevera throughout 2022 sideways, in smoky drifts by each nook. However for 2023, the main focus wasn’t simply on placing on a present, it was on setting a file.
Miroslav Zrnčević, Rimac Chief Take a look at and Improvement Driver, mentioned: “Taking up the slender hillclimb at Goodwood, with its tight corners and off-camber sections, is definitely one of many scariest locations to drive a automobile shortly. However that is the record-setting yr for the Nevera, and Goodwood hillclimb was one more problem to overcome. With tens of hundreds watching on-site and tens of millions extra on-line, there’s a fine-line between glory and a visit into the hay bales, however I’m so joyful to have showcased the unimaginable work of the design and engineering groups with one other verified file for this revolutionary automobile.”
All through the Competition, Rimac Automobili hosted VIPs and prospects at its track-side hospitality pavilion, and welcomed company to affix Miro within the automobile for the hill runs, capable of expertise for themselves the blistering velocity and talent of a automobile that has been named Prime Gear’s Finest Electrical Efficiency automobile, received a Robb Report Better of the Finest Award and a GQ Hypercar of the 12 months.
All through the three days of the occasion, the Nevera wore a livery created by the Rimac design group, impressed by the Rimac BMW e-M3, the brainchild of Mate Rimac and the automobile that impressed Mate to create Rimac Automobili. Again in 2011, the e-M3 thrust Rimac into the limelight by setting numerous Guinness and FIA-approved all-electric velocity information. And now historical past repeats itself. This livery was first debuted on the Nevera that broke 23 acceleration and efficiency information in a single day earlier in 2023.
Key to the Nevera’s velocity is its superior battery system, powertrain and software program, all developed in-house on the Rimac Group. The entrance and rear powertrains – every composed of two particular person motors – present energy to every wheel individually. On the rear, a 1MW twin inverter permits 900Nm and 470kW per motor, whereas a wholly bespoke entrance powertrain is designed to ship optimum energy and management. All programs are overseen by a posh internet of in-house developed digital management models, working together with an NVIDIA Pegasus-based supercomputer to calculate and ship output to the 4 powertrain programs 100 occasions a second. The mixture of all these programs, and the software program that controls them, is named Rimac All-Wheel Torque Vectoring 2.
The Rimac Nevera is restricted to 150 examples and it’s at present being constructed on the outskirts of Zagreb, with deliveries ongoing to prospects all around the world.
Jul 17, 2023