First look! Faster-than-F1 2025 Rimac hypercar will employ next-gen EV powertrain and be insanely quick
Rimac Automobili has begun building anticipation for its long-awaited Rimac Nevera successor.
It has posted the first teaser image for an open-wheel single-seater that the car-maker’s owner claims will be quicker than a current Formula 1 car when it launches.
The fresh sketch (top and below), published in the Croatian hypercar-maker’s Rimac Magazine that can be purchased online, shows three Rimacs racing each other.
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They include a grey Nevera, mint-green Nevera R and a third more obscure vehicle that previews a single-seater hypercar with a canopy-style cockpit.
Looking like it has a front design inspired by an F1 car, the new Rimac incorporates a large spoiler and aerodynamics lifted from motorsport.
Meanwhile, the fixed canopy and wraparound front screen mimics a fighter jet.
Rimac CEO Mate Rimac in past interviews has admitted work has begun on a track-only single-seat EV and, back in August, said that it would be built around a new bespoke architecture.
The hypercar-maker’s boss even provided a timeline saying that new car would take to the track in 2025 with plans to set new records.
That suggests an attempt to set a new outright lap record for an EV at the Nurburgring – a feat the car-maker already holds following a Nevera recording a 7:05.29 hot lap back in late 2023.
Ensuring it has the power to usurp the Nevera R, expect the new single-seater to come with quad-motors that will produce comfortably more power than the 1550kW the most extreme current Rimac musters.
As far as performance goes, it’s feasible the new F1-style track demon could launch from 0-100km/h in little more than 1.6 seconds, while 0-200km/h should take around seven seconds.
No details have been revealed about the new car’s powertrain but it’s expected to be all-electric and potentially come with new solid-state batteries.
At the very least, the batteries will come with an exotic experimental chemistry.
There’s no word yet how many of the new Rimac track specials will be built. Despite not being able to register them for the road, it’s thought they won’t come cheap.
They could potentially cost even more than the US$2.5 million ($4m) charged for the Nevera R.
