Rimac Nevera sets new 0-60 mph record of 1.74 seconds

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The Rimac Nevera has set nearly two dozen new performance records, including a 0-60 mph acceleration record for production cars, the company announced Wednesday.

The all-electric Refrigerator reached 0-60 mph in 1.74 seconds on the Automotive Testing Papenburg (ATP) test track in Germany, a number that was independently verified by data loggers from Dewesoft and RaceLogic, according to a statement. Rimac press release.

This surpasses the record of 1.79 seconds set by the Pininfarina Battista— which shares a powertrain with the Nevera — in 2022. The Battista, in turn, had broken a previous record of 1.85 seconds set by the Nevera.

Rímac Nevera sets 23 performance records May 2023

The new record, as well as the previous records set by Nevera and Battista, were achieved with one throwing foot. Without rollout, i.e. timing acceleration from a complete stop, the time would be slightly slower. Rimac said the latest record was achieved with road-legal Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R tires “on unprepared tarmac.” Nevera’s previous time was run on a high-friction racetrack surface. How Rimac achieved record-breaking traction without a prepared surface is puzzling.

On the same day as the 0-60 mph record, Rimac claims he also set a new 0-400-0 kph (0-249-0 mph) record of 29.93 seconds, which the company claims is over a second. faster than the previous record holder. These are just two of the 23 performance records Rimac claims to have set in a single day. That number is itself a record for most vehicle performance records broken in a single day, Rimac claims.

Among the other records is a new quarter-mile record for production cars. The two independent sources differ slightly here, with Dewesoft posting a run of 8.25 seconds and RaceLogic posting 8.26 seconds, but either way it beats the Refrigerator’s own record of 8.58 seconds set in 2021. Other new records include 0-100 kph, eight-mile time, half-mile time, and the standing mile.

Rímac Nevera sets 23 performance records May 2023

The Refrigerator used for this wave of records sported a special livery inspired by the Rimac BMW e-M3, the E30 BMW company founder Mate Rimac turned into an EV, a project that became the genesis of the Rimac company. Rimac says the car set a number of all-electric speed records in its day, so Refrigerator is upholding a tradition.

In addition to this long list of records, the Refrigerator also holds the record for the world’s fastest production electric vehicle with a top speed of 256 mph recorded in 2022. First shown in 2018 as the C_Two concept, production started in July 2022. Rimac plans to build just 150 examples, after which the company will move on to other projects, including the next generation Bugatti supercars.