Video: Electric hypercar twins claim top speed and acceleration records
, 2022-11-25 14:35:56,
Croatian electric-car specialist Rimac and its Italian partner Pininfarina claim their plug-in hypercars have set two new speed records – one for top speed and one for acceleration.
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The Rimac Nevera and Pininfarina Battista – two of the world’s most powerful and expensive electric cars – have claimed two separate speed records to become the fastest plug-in vehicles on the planet.
Both hypercars are assembled in Croatia by electric-car specialist Rimac, although the Pininfarina Battista is fitted with bespoke, hand-built bodywork made by the iconic Italian design house – famous for the Ferrari Testarossa, Fiat Coupe and Alfa Romeo GTV.
Last week, Rimac announced the Nevera had achieved a top speed of 412km/h (258mph) on the Automotive Testing Papenburg circuit in Germany, setting a new electric-car record.
The Rimac Nevera’s 412km/h top speed eclipsed the previous electric-car record holder, the Tesla Model S Plaid, by 90km/h – although it fell shy of the Koenigsegg Agera RS’s 447km/h overall record for production cars.
As previously reported, the Rimac Nevera is powered by four electric motors which can produce up to 1427kW and 2360Nm, with energy supplied by a 120kWh battery pack.
While Rimac claims the Nevera reached speeds in excess of 400km/h in opposite directions on the oval circuit’s straights – a requirement for production car speed records – the top speed is yet to be…
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