Single gear ratio in Nevera’s 1,888 hp powertrain means it can do huge speeds when pointing in the wrong direction
The Nevera already holds enough world records - 23 at the last count - that Mate Rimac could probably wallpaper his office twice over with the certificates. So you could excuse us for responding to the appearance of another ‘Rimac record’ email in our inbox with a bit of a shrug, at least until we read the full title and realized how crazy this latest feat is.
be/Qm13uiZ0KWc “It occurred to us during development that Nevera would probably be the world’s fastest car in reverse, but we kind of laughed it off,” explains CEO Mate Rimac. “The aerodynamics, cooling and stability hadn’t been engineered for traveling backwards at speed, after all. But then, we started to talk about how fun it would be to give it a shot.
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