Video: Rimac Nevera EV sets 23 performance records on one day

The electric Rimac Nevera is officially the ultimate record-breaking hypercar, setting a new 0-400-0 km/h benchmark on the same day that it set another 22 acceleration and braking records.

The Nevera is limited to 150 examples and is being built on the outskirts of Croatia’s capital Zagreb, with deliveries ongoing to customers all over the world.

 Widely regarded as the ultimate test of hypercar straight line performance, the 0-400-0 km/h record is a test of acceleration, aerodynamics, top speed and stopping power, the Nevera setting a new record time of 29.93 seconds – more than a second quicker than the previous holder.

At the Automotive Testing Papenburg (ATP) test track in Germany, the Nevera secured 23 independently verified speed records and – as well as its recent title for fastest top speed of a production electric car – the Nevera now holds the title for most performance records broken in a single day.

The records were broken using its 4.0km straights, and independently verified by Dewesoft and RaceLogic.

During its record-breaking day, the Nevera outperformed its own official specifications, recording 0-60mph in 1.74 seconds (compared with 1.85 seconds).

This Rimac Nevera wore a livery created by the Rimac design team, inspired by the Rimac BMW e-M3, the brainchild of Mate Rimac and the car that encouraged him to create Rimac Automobili.

 “Growing up I always looked at the cars that made history moving the bar for performance, in awe of the kind of revolutionary technology they brought to the road,” says Rimac.

“That is what is driving me from day one – to develop new technology that redefines what is possible.

“Today, I am proud to say that the car we’ve created can get to 400km/h and back to 0 in less time than it took the McLaren F1 to accelerate up to 350km/h. And not only that, but it can do it again and again, breaking every other performance record in the process.’

 “What I’m most proud of though, is that this isn’t a car purely designed for straight line performance., Rimac explains.

“The Nevera can go from breaking records to driving over 300 miles (482.8km) on a charge, refilling from 0-80% in less than 20 minutes and keeping the most demanding drivers in the world engaged.”

Its advanced battery system, powertrain and software were all developed in-house at the Rimac Group.

 The front and rear powertrainsb- each composed of two individual motors – provide power to each wheel individually. At the rear, a 1MW dual inverter enables 900Nm torque and 470kW power per motor, while a bespoke front powertrain is designed to deliver optimum power and control.

All systems are overseen by a complex web of in-house developed electronic control units, working in conjunction with an NVIDIA Pegasus-based supercomputer to calculate and send output to the four powertrain systems 100 times a second.

The combination of all these systems, and the software that controls them, is known as Rimac All-Wheel Torque Vectoring 2.

Click here for the full list of records achieved.