Rimac Nevera R becomes the world's fastest accelerating car as it puts Tesla Roadster 2 on notice
The Rimac Nevera R electric beast has logged the fastest 0-60 mph acceleration time of 1.66 seconds, making it the world's fastest car.
Granted, Elon Musk promises sub-second Tesla Roadster 2 acceleration, but Rimac's CEO remains skeptical about this claim, saying that it will turn out impossible to achieve without boosters.
The successor to the Rimac Nevera, however, which held a lot of the previous speed records, now managed to beat no less than 24 of them to become the world's fastest accelerating car in production and the fastest electric car in terms of top speed.
Rimac Never R speed records
- 0-60 MPH: 1.66 seconds
- 0-100 KMH (62 MPH): 1.72 seconds
- 0-100 MPH: 2.96 seconds
- 0-200 KMH (124 MPH): 3.95 seconds
- 0-300 KMH (186 MPH): 7.89 seconds
- 0-200 MPH: 9.25 seconds
- 0-400 KMH (249 MPH): 17.35 seconds
- 100-200 KMH (62-124 MPH): 2.22 seconds
- 200-250 KMH (124-155 MPH): 1.65 seconds
- 200-300 KMH (124-186 MPH): 3.89 seconds
- 0-100-0 KMH (0-62-0 MPH): 3.32 seconds
- 0-200-0 KMH (0-124-0 MPH): 8.58 seconds
- 0-300-0 KMH (0-186-0 MPH): 14.49 seconds
- 0-400-0 KMH (0-249-0 MPH): 25.79 seconds
- 0-250-0 MPH: 26.20 seconds
- Quarter Miles: 7.90 seconds
- Standing Mile: 19.71 seconds
- Top Speed: 268.2 MPH (431.5 KMH)
Perhaps the most impressive of all those top speed records is the 0-249-0 MPH acceleration and deceleration time of just 25.79 seconds, beating the previous record with two seconds.
The Rimac Nevera R comes with four powerful electric motors that offer a combined output of 2,107 HP. Its torque vectoring system distributes that output to every wheel 100 times a second to match power and traction in real time for a blistering performance.
Increased aerodynamics and new set of wheels contributed to the world record setting, as Rimac used the tests as a final validation before delivery to customers. The Nevera R costs $2.7 million, and only 40 units of the hypercar will be produced in total.
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