'The speed comes on torrentially and feels limitless—zero to 60 mph in 1.7 seconds, quarter-mile in 8.3 seconds, top speed of 256 mph. I won’t hit those numbers on these roads bordered by cliff ledges that drop into deadly oblivion.'
“There’s gold in them thar hills!” Everyone has heard the saying, usually used ironically. But there really is gold in these hills. In fact, these are the hills, the canyons around California’s American River, east of Sacramento, where gold was initially discovered, igniting the 1849 gold rush. I’m hurtling down State Route 49, otherwise known as the Golden Chain Highway, on roads first carved out by wagon trains over a century and a half ago.
And now a parent company called Bugatti Rimac includes both Rimac Automobili and Bugatti Automobiles. Mate Rimac has become Bugatti’s CEO. He is rumored to be battery-powered himself, requiring only a few minutes each night to charge fully.To gain buzz for the Nevera, Rimac set out to make news. “In 2023,” he says, “we broke 27 world records.” One of the test drivers, whom Rimac describes as “a total maniac,” set a record of 275 km/h —in reverse.
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