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

Green Car Congress

The companies will work closely together to develop prototypes for an electric version of Hyundai Motor’s N brand midship sports concept car and a high-performance fuel cell electric vehicle with the intent to bring them to market at a later time. We look forward to collaborating with Rimac on our road to Clean Mobility.

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

Baua Electric

The startup designs, develops, and manufactures its supercars in-house. In 2018, the Concept-Two was born, which morphed into the Nevera Hypercar. Project 3 is based in Croatia, with a research center in the UK. After CEO Mate Rimac’s BMW E30 gave out during a race, he set out to build a more reliable powertrain.

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IEEE Honors Iconic Engineers

Cars That Think

DEBOY Infineon Technologies Austria AG Villach, Austria TATSUHIKO FUJIHIRA Fuji Electric Matsumoto, Japan “For contributions to the concept and realization of superjunction power devices that significantly improve power efficiency.” Corecipients: DAVID JAMES COE Philips Research Laboratories Redhill, Surrey, England GERALD F. IEEE RICHARD W.

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New electric XD to debut at Geneva

Green Cars News

Croatia’s first dip into electric car production is to be unveiled at the forthcoming Geneva Motor Show. The XD concept is manufactured by DOK-ING, a speciality vehicle manufacturer based in Zagreb. Tags: Electric cars concept Croatia debut DOK-ING electric car XD.

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Rimac Nevera all-electric hypercar revealed

Electric Vehicles India

It is designed, engineered and handcrafted in-house at Rimac’s headquarters in Croatia (Europe). The design of the Rimac Nevera is similar to its concept version and the company claims that it has made some changes to improve the aerodynamic efficiency to 34% when compared to previous prototypes.