Rimac Nevera R is a 2,107hp electric hypercar designed to break records

• Rimac launches new Nevera R hypercar
• All-electric powertrain with 2,107hp
• Even faster than original Nevera – the reigning champ of the Carwow drag strip
• New aerodynamic package to boost downforce and efficiency
• Super-sticky new tyres improve grip
• Capable of 0-60mph in 1.74s

We’re huge fans of the Rimac Nevera here at Carwow – it’s the fastest car we’ve ever recorded doing the ¼ mile on our drag strip, which is enough to propel it into legendary status on its own. But that’s not enough for Croatian manufacturer Rimac, which has turned the Nevera into something even more hardcore – the Nevera R.

Packing even more power than the regular Nevera into a package that’s been fine-tuned for better performance on track has led to a vehicle with truly mind-blowing statistics and a real possibility of capturing the automotive superlative of ‘fastest car’ in some scenarios.

Check out Mat’s walkaround video of the Rimac Nevera R here:

Rimac Nevera R: motors, batteries and performance

The regular Rimac Nevera already has the sort of numbers that seem like a fantasy. It puts out 1,914hp of torque across its four electric motors – one per wheel.

The Nevera R, however, ups that to a staggering 2,107hp.

That has a corresponding effect on performance. Rimac says the Nevera R can do 0-60mph in just 1.74s – similar to the regular Nevera. The difference comes at higher speeds, though – it can go from 0-186mph in 8.66s – half a second faster than a Nevera. To put that into perspective, a regular family SUV like a Ford Kuga won’t have even made it to 60mph in that time.

Part of this amazing performance obviously comes from more powerful electric motors, but Rimac’s also fitted a new battery pack. Though it has slightly less capacity than the regular Nevera – 108kWh instead of 120kWh – it has lower internal resistance, meaning it can provide more power, more quickly without heating up.

This more efficient pack also means that range is going to be pretty much the same as the regular Nevera – around 300 miles – and that the Nevera R can provide the full 2,107hp to as low as 60% charge. After that, you’ll have to make do with ‘just’ 1,500hp…

The battery is still the same shape as the Nevera, too. Instead of being a single flat ‘skateboard’ platform, it’s an ‘H’ shape – which improves weight distribution, helps keep the car low to the ground and makes for a much better driving position.

We’ll look forward to seeing if the Nevera R can break as many records as the regular Nevera. In addition to being joint-fastest car on the Carwow drag strip (tied with the McMurtry Spierling and beaten only by the Red Bull Drone 1) the Nevera also holds the EV lap record around the Nurburgring Nordschleife.

Rimac Nevera R: design

The Nevera R looks quite different from the regular Nevera, with a whole load of new bodywork aimed at making it more aerodynamically efficient while also generating downforce. At the front, the car’s nose gets a more traditional supercar look than the regular Nevera’s blanked-off grille, but all the air intakes are functional and work to cool the batteries and motors as well as help keep the car glued to the road.

At 186mph, the Nevera R generates a whopping 400kg of downforce. Plenty of that comes from the huge carbonfibre rear wing, which is actually in two layers and fed by various air streams along the car’s side and roof.

There’s also a huge rear diffuser, and the whole rear looks quite different from the regular Nevera.

The wheels are 20 inches at the front and 21 at the rear, and they hide new carbon-ceramic brakes which are free from copper (as this will be banned in some markets in 2025). They have a silicone matrix layer which improves stopping performance and helps them cool off quicker.

The wheels are shod in new tyres – Michelin Cup 2, which are much more track-focused than the ones on the regular Nevera. They result in reduced understeer, improved grip and better cornering performance – aided by a revamped torque vectoring system. This is so sophisticated that in a hard turn one wheel can have full power applied while another can be using regenerative braking to slow down – at the same time.

The result of this is the Nevera R is 3.8s faster than the regular Nevera around the short Nardo handling circuit – it’ll be interesting to see how that translates to other racetracks.

How much is the Rimac Nevera R and can I buy one?

The Nevera R carries a price tag of £2.3m – £300,000 more than the regular Nevera. In addition, production is limited to just 40 units worldwide, so you’ll have to pull some strings to get your hands on one.

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