This week’s passion blog is going back to electric cars. Last week was about the Porsche 911 GT3RS, which is a renowned supercar that is highly respected in the car industry. So far, in the electric car industry, Tesla has been dominating the electric car market. While it has the largest market share, Tesla has also produced some of the fastest cars in the world. As mentioned in one of my previous passion blogs, the Tesla Model S goes from 0 to 60 miles per hour in just 2 seconds. In comparison to the Bugatti Chiron, a $3 million exclusive luxury supercar, that goes 0 to 60 miles per hour in 2.3 seconds. Obviously, the Bugatti would catch up to the Tesla shortly after and destroy it in a mile-long race, but it is still very impressive.
After the news about the crazy performance of the new Tesla Model S Plaid, the Rimac Nevera was released. The Rimac is a Bugatti version of the Tesla, a luxury supercar that is electric. The vehicle costs $2.2 million, is already sold out, and the performance specifications are insane. The Rimac Nevera goes 0 to 60 miles per hour in only 1.8 seconds, .2 of a second faster than the Tesla. While it seems like only a small change, the G-force and launch hits much harder as the car is a lot lighter, the car keeps going at its current acceleration after 60 miles per hour, and overall it feels like a roller coaster.
Additionally, the car has a top speed of 219 miles, with an unrestricted top speed of 258 miles per hour that is only allowed on a track with certain allowances and safety guidelines. On top of that, the car manages to get 340 miles on a single charge. Compared to the supercars that average about 10 miles per hour (and even 5 miles per hour when you are pushing it to the limit), a Rimac owner would save so much money from gas savings with this car (not that one who owns this expensive of a car would have to worry about that).
The reason I went back to talking about the Porsche at the beginning of this blog was to relate to the fact of how it is a versatile car. Not only can you take the car on a track and push it to its absolute maximum, but you can also easily drive it around town. In a similar way, the Rimac Nevera would be more versatile. It is one of the fastest cars in the world, and it has those 340 miles of charge. Therefore you can take it on a roadtrip and perhaps hit the top speed of 219 miles per hour (given you are driving on the German Autobahm, which has no speed limit).
Overall, I find the Rimac Nevera to be very interesting, and it will be revolutionary to the future of the supercar industry. Proving to the world that an electric car can be both fast and fun without the sound of a gas-guzzling engine, we will be able to make cars that have clean energy and are still fun to drive. We already see that other car manufacturers like Lamborghini are revamping their Aventador models from a V12 to a more hybrid engine with electric motors. Afterwards, within a few more decades, all automobiles and supercars will be electric and we will have more charging stations than gas stations.
