Rimac Nevera R debuts as the World’s fastest production-spec electric hypercar

Croatian automotive manufacturer Rimac Automobili recently unveiled its latest electric hypercar the Nevera R at the Monterey Car Week. It improves upon several aspects of the Nevera which was already billed the world's fastest production-spec electric vehicle (EV)capable of accelerating from 0-100 kilometres per hour (kmph) in just 1.81 seconds.

While both these EVs may have similar body architecture and design elements, the new Rimac Nevera R gets chassis advancements, torque-vectoring innovations and more power  all of which contribute to the electric hypercar in achieving unprecedented acceleration times. 

With extremely limited production numbers even by the automotive company's standards, the Rimac Nevera R is priced at about $2.5 million (roughly Rs. 21 crore).

This makes the Nevera R equally expensive as the standard Nevera which debuted in August 21 with a planned production of 150 units.

Rimac says it has already begun taking pre-orders of the Nevera R and with just 40 units of the electric hypercar to be produced, it is sure to get snapped up pretty quickly. 

Rimac Nevera R is powered by quad permanent-magnet electric motors – one powering each wheel  capable of producing a total output of 2,107 horsepower (hp), an upgrade of 193 hp over the Nevera.

With this sheer electric power, the electric hypercar is capable of accelerating from 0-100 kmph in 1.81 seconds, 0-200 kmph in 4.38 seconds, and 0-300 kmph in just 8.66 seconds numbers that place it alongside some of the fastest production-spec hypercars in the world.

It also becomes only the second track car to cross the 2,000 hp threshold, following the introduction of the 2,300 hp Koenigsegg Gemera.