Rimac Nevera: World’s Fastest, Road-Legal EV Now in UAE

  • Date: 09-Feb-2024
  • Source: Gulf Insider
  • Sector:Transport
  • Country:UAE
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Rimac Nevera: World’s Fastest, Road-Legal EV Now in UAE

Rimac will reportedly produce only 150 Nevera cars with a price tag of $2.1m each.

Rimac Automobili’s Nevera, the world’s first luxury, electric hypercar was launched in the UAE by Al Habtoor Motors on Wednesday.

Unveiled at a special preview event at the Al Habtoor Polo Resort, the Nevera was presented by Sultan Al Habtoor, president of Al Habtoor Motors, and Mate Rimac, founder and CEO of Rimac Group.

World records

The Rimac Nevera, when launched as a concept in 2021, upended the automotive car industry imagination with its potential, and since then has gone on to become the “ultimate record-breaking hypercar.”

With an impressive 1,914 horsepower and a 0-100 kilometres per hour acceleration (km/h) in just 1.8 seconds, this powerful machine holds the top EV speed record along with the record for the fastest speed driving in reverse (275.74 km/h).

Among other records, it has performed a 0-200km/h sprint in 4.42 seconds, a 300km/h in 9.22 seconds, and reached 400km/h in 21.31 seconds. The hypercar even outperformed itself clocking 1.81 seconds for 0-100km/h — four seconds faster than its official acceleration specification.

“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