All-electric Rimac Nevera pushes the hypercar envelope

The C Two concept finally comes out in its production guise and sets new standards for the exclusive world of hypercars.

Croatian Rimac Automobili has been well known in the recent past for creating all-electric hypercars, the performance of which have easily overtaken the current crop of internal combustion engined hypercar. The rumours mills have been contemplating the successor to the Concept One or C One and Concept S cars and the car is finally out, christened as the the Nevera - an all-electric, 1,914bhp, 412kmph, 2 million Euro hypercar that’s limited to a production run of just 150 units. The Nevera is the production-ready iteration of the Rimac C Two concept car which was revealed at the International Geneva Motor Show in 2018. Since then, Rimac’s engineers have refined their new flagship on every level during an extensive development program. The majority of key components of the Nevera have been developed in-house at Rimac's HQ in Croatia. The name is borrowed from extremely powerful Mediterranean storms that are charged by lightning and rage across the open sea off Croatia. A comprehensive list of changes to the Nevera’s bodywork, air diffusers and intakes has delivered a 34 per cent improvement in aerodynamic efficiency over the early prototypes­. The profile of the bonnet, the shape of the pillars and the design of the diffusers, splitters and radiators have all been intensively analysed and refined to improve airflow and downforce. Inlets and cooling channels have been painstakingly developed to increase the cooling efficiency of both the brake and powertrain systems, resulting in a 30 per cent improvement at low speeds and a seven per cent enhancement at high speeds. The front bonnet profile, underbody flap, rear diffuser and rear wing can each move independently, driven by complex algorithms that provide the optimum aerodynamic configuration for every driving situation. Switching from ‘high downforce’ to ‘low drag’ mode reduces aerodynamic drag by 17.5 per cent to create a 0.3 coefficient of drag. Changing back into 'high downforce' mode increases downforce by 326 per cent.