Rimac Nevera

Rimac Concept Two at a glance

Rimac Automobili, founded by Mate Rimac, built only a handful of its first car, the Concept One. The C_Two, unveiled at Geneva in March 2018, was meant to be a production hypercar from the start, and it used Rimac's own motors, inverters, battery and software. When the production version was revealed in 2021, it took the name Nevera; the first production-specification car was delivered in August 2022, and US deliveries began in June 2023. More than 50 cars had been delivered by May 2024.

Rimac builds the car in Croatia, at Sveta Nedelja and at the Veliko Trgovišće facility, which opened in June 2020. Its platform and battery technology are shared with the Pininfarina Battista, and Rimac's know-how also reached Bugatti, which merged with Rimac into Bugatti Rimac in 2021.

Four motors, torque vectoring and performance

Each wheel has its own permanent-magnet electric motor. The front motors drive through single-speed gearboxes and the rear motors through two-speed gearboxes, which help both acceleration and top speed. Software adjusts the torque at each wheel many times per second. The car can therefore behave as a front-, rear- or all-wheel-drive vehicle, and torque vectoring helps it turn into corners.

The production Nevera reached 100 km/h in 1.82 seconds in the May 2023 record session, faster than the 1.85 seconds announced for the C_Two in 2018. Rimac demonstrated the 412 km/h top speed at the Papenburg test track in videos released on 15 November 2022. On our own power-to-weight calculation, the Nevera carries about 1.6 kg per kW, compared with about 2.1 kg per kW for the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport. In the 1cars most powerful supercars guide it ranks second, behind only the Lotus Evija.

Battery, cooling and charging

The 120 kWh battery uses cylindrical cells and forms part of the car's structure, which stiffens the carbon-fibre monocoque and keeps the centre of gravity low. For the C_Two, Rimac quoted 6,960 cells, a voltage of about 720 V and a peak discharge of 1.4 MW. Several independent cooling circuits look after the motors, battery and electronics so that performance can be repeated on track.

Rimac says a fast charger can refill the battery to 80% in less than 30 minutes, and the car also has an on-board charger for AC charging at home. The WLTP range of 490 km is long for a hypercar and makes the car usable for touring, although hard driving shortens it quickly.

Aerodynamics and design

Rimac shaped the body for low drag at speed and for cooling. An active rear wing changes its angle with driving conditions and stands up as an air brake under hard braking from high speed, while the shaped underbody and rear diffuser help to control downforce. The doors open upwards and forwards, and the cabin has two seats, digital displays and physical controls for the main functions. At its 2018 reveal, the C_Two was also presented with sensors for advanced driver assistance, which Rimac described as preparation for automated driving.

Records and the Nevera R

On 17 May 2023, Rimac announced 23 performance records set in a single day, including 0–400–0 km/h in 29.93 seconds. In July 2023 the Nevera became the fastest production electric car up the Goodwood Festival of Speed hill, in 49.32 seconds, and on 18 August 2023 it lapped the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 7:05.298, a record for a production EV at the time.

The Nevera R, unveiled on 17 August 2024, raised power to 1,550 kW (2,107 PS) with the same 2,360 Nm, cut weight to about 2,265 kg and raised the top speed to 430 km/h. On 10 July 2025 it completed 0–400–0 km/h in 25.79 seconds.

Safety and crash testing

As a hypercar built in a series of 150, the Nevera was not tested by Euro NCAP. Like any road-legal car it had to pass homologation crash tests, and the structure combines the carbon-fibre monocoque with front and rear crash structures and the structural battery pack. Rimac says its stability control works through the individual motors, which can react faster than conventional brake-based systems.

Price and rivals

Rimac planned 150 cars from the start. When the C_Two was revealed in 2018, its price was reported at around €1.6 million before taxes and options. A list price for the production Nevera was not given in the sources we used, so we do not quote one.

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