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Pikes Peak legend Nobuhiro ‘Monster’ Tajima has in recent years been tackling the famous race to the clouds in purpose-built electric cars, fielded by his own team Monster Sport. This year, he’s teaming up with Croatia’s Rimac, the company behind the 1,088-horsepower Concept One electric supercar, to develop an even faster electric racer, one he hopes will secure him the electric car Pikes Peak record. The time to beat is 9:08.188, which was set last year by Greg Tracy in a Mitsubishi MiEV Evolution III. The overall record for Pikes Peak is 8:13.878, set in 2013 by...
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1,088-hp Rimac electric supercar sounds like a road-going jetThe Croatian supercar startup Rimac is hard at work. First showing its electric concept in 2011, Rimac has been promising the world an extremely limited, massively powerful, electron-sucking super machine. We've been told that horsepower figure will sit at a mighty 1,088. Along with an insane 2,800...
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Croatian Electric Supercar Startup Rimac Secures First Investors
It was at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show that Croatian electric car startup Rimac Automobili rolled out its insane 1,088-horsepower Concept One electric supercar. Since then, Rimac has confirmed that the striking concept is destined for production, with just 88 examples to see the light of day and...
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1,000-Horsepower Volar-e Electric Racer Hits The Track: Video
Spanish industrial design firm Applus Idiada has formally presented a new electric race car concept called the Volar-e. The Volar-e is one of the most powerful electric cars ever built and was showcased for the first time at a special event at the Circuit de Catalunya just outside of Barcelona...
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Rimac’s 1,088-HP Electric Car Burns Rubber In New Video
Croatia’s Rimac Automobili is out to prove that electric cars don’t have to be boring by building one capable of out-matching most supercars, both in terms of performance and luxury. Rimac’s electric car is the 1,088-horsepower Concept One, which the company recently announced is...
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1,088-HP Rimac Concept One Electric Car On Sale For $980,000
Croatian firm Rimac Automobili used the recent Top Marques Monaco 2012 event to unveil the latest version of its Concept One electric supercar, which has been upgraded with tires from Dutch firm Vredestein. While the addition of new tires, even those designed by Italdesign Giugiaro, isn’t all...
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There’s no shortage of unknown companies announcing plans for ridiculously powered electric supercars, but few, if any, actually turn up at international auto shows to show off their wares. Croatian firm Rimac Automobili is one of these companies working on a new electric supercar project, but unlike many that have come before it, Rimac’s new concept certainly looks promising. Unveiled this week at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, the new Rimac Concept One electric supercar is the creation of Rimac founder Mate Rimac and designed by Adriano Mudri and Goran Popovic, a pair of...
