The Rimac Nevera is already the fastest EV in the world. Now it can claim to be the quickest, too, as Rimac has announced it just set a production-car record for 0-60. At Automotive Testing Papenburg (ATP) in Germany, the all-electric hypercar reached 60 in just 1.74 seconds.
But that wasn't the only impressive number to come out of Rimac's test day at ATP. Using the facility's 2.49-mile straight, Rimac was able to set records in 22 other categories. The company recorded times with two data recorders to verify everything, and published numbers from both. Here's a list of everything Rimac is claiming as a record (parenthetical numbers are the second recorder, if it differed):
- 0-60 mph: 1.74 seconds
- 0-62 mph: 1.82 seconds (1.81)
- 0-124 mph: 4.42 seconds
- 0-186 mph: 9.23 seconds (9.22)
- 0-248 mph: 21.32 seconds (21.31)
- 62-124 mph: 2.59 seconds
- 124-186 mph: 4.81 seconds (4.79)
- 124-155 mph: 2.0 seconds
- 62-0 mph braking: 95.5 feet (95.01)
- 0-62-0 mph: 4.03 seconds (3.99)
- 0-124-0 mph: 8.85 seconds (8.86)
- 0-186-0 mph: 15.68 seconds (15.70)
- 0-248-0 mph: 29.94 seconds (29.93)
- ¼ mile: 8.26 seconds (8.25)
- ⅛ mile: 5.46 seconds (5.44)
- ½ mile: 12.82 seconds (12.83)
- Standing mile: 20.62 seconds (20.59)
- 0-100 mph: 3.23 seconds (3.21)
- 0-120 mph: 4.19 seconds
- 0-130 mph: 4.74 seconds (4.75)
- 0-250 mph: 21.89 seconds (21.86)
- 60-130 mph: 2.99 seconds
- 0-200 mph: 10.86 seconds
Obviously, that apple is sliced pretty thin. There's little utility in a second record for 0-130 mph after already recording a 0-124 record, and we've never heard of any claimed 124-155 mph (200-300 km/h) times from other manufacturer, but the point is clear. The Rimac Nevera is the fastest accelerating production car of all time. No wonder the company's partnership with Bugatti is working out.
The braking point is a little harder to say with certainty, as we've seen lower 60-0 times, but few outlets or automakers publish 62-0 times. Since braking distance increases exponentially with speed, we'll withhold judgment in either direction.
The acceleration numbers alone are enough to celebrate. Rimac has grown from a small engineering firm to one of the leading EV technology companies in the world, all on the back of a small-batch hypercar posting extraordinary numbers. And while we don't expect anyone to remember its 60-130 mph record, we think everyone will remember the number 1.74. The fastest 0-60 production car time ever recorded.
Arguably the most fickle member of the Road & Track staff, Reviews Editor Mack Hogan is likely the only person to ever cross shop an ND Miata with an Isuzu Vehicross. He founded the automotive reviews section of CNBC during his sophomore year of college and has been writing about cars ever since.
