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Hyundai Motor Group bolsters partnership with Rimac on high-performance EVs and fuel cell prototypes across brands

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Hyundai Group joined its partner Rimac Automobili in an event hosted by Rimac CEO Mate Rimac and attended by Croatian Prime Minister, ministers, and senior government officials to discuss the potential of the new auto industry in Croatia. Global automotive producers have shifted production towards CEE countries from Western Europe.

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Hyundai Motor Group to invest €80M in Rimac; collaborating on high-performance EV and FCEV prototypes by 2020

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Hyundai Motor Group and Rimac Automobili (Rimac) announced a strategic partnership aimed to strengthen the Group’s efforts to lead the high-performance electrified vehicle market and enhance its status as a game changer in Clean Mobility. —Euisun Chung, Executive Vice Chairman of Hyundai Motor Group.

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BMW taps electric hypercar specialist Rimac for high-performance EV batteries

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Rimac said the partnership will require them to establish sophisticated battery production lines at its campus near Zagreb, Croatia. Rimac said the collaboration shows the company’s transition from a “niche high-performance supplier to high-volume production capability.” The new models are expected to begin rolling out in 2025.

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Europe’s auto suppliers reach the end of the road – ET Auto

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Production of the car component at the town of Gifhorn will end in 2027 and move to Croatia, the Czech Republic and Wales to keep the costs “competitive”, according to Continental, which will cut about 7,000 jobs worldwide. “That’s not the case in production.”

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Rimac Nevera receives EPA and CARB range estimates

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The Rimac Nevera all-electric hypercar has four motors, a 120-kilowatt-hour battery, and a $2.1 Tesla Model S Plaid and Rimac Nevera face off in world’s quickest production car drag race. The Nevera Production Car #002 is currently undergoing pre-delivery testing in Croatia. million price tag.

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Production version of 1,914 hp electric Rimac Nevera to make US debut in Monterey

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The production version of the 1,914hp all-electric Rimac Nevera will make its US debut at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering during Monterey Car Week on Friday, August 19. The Rimac Nevera’s 1,914hp is produced by four bespoke Rimac-engineered electric motors, which propels the hypercar from 0-60mph in just 1.85

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This electric supercar maker is launching a robotaxi service with Kia’s help

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Rimac’s first model, the Concept_One, was introduced in 2016 and was already considered one of the fastest production models. Powered by four independent, carbon-sleeve electric motors, four inverters and gearboxes, and software-controlled torque vectoring, the Nevera packs a whopping 1,914 hp. It can sprint from 0 to 60 in 1.74

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