<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nAsked about that by a Tesla shareholder during the 2023 Cyber Roundup, Musk had a bit longer response, saying, \u201cWe expect to complete the engineering and design of the next-gen Tesla Roadster this year. Hopefully, start production \u2014 and this is not a commitment\u2014 but hopefully start production next year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Musk has said the Roadster will be capable of launching from a standing start to 60 mph in a neck-snapping 1.1 seconds which could prove a difficult number for anyone else to beat. But, for now, that\u2019s just one of many promises the exec has yet to fulfill. For now, Tesla has to cede bragging rights to Rimac \u2014 which is pronounced in Croatian as \u201cRee-MAHTZ.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Genesis of Rimac<\/h2>\n\n\n\n The company was founded in 2009 by Mate Rimac and is based in Sveta Nedelja, Croatia. Its founder began tinkering with EVs at the age of 19, converting a 1984 BMW M3 to run on battery power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The company has formed several alliances with more traditional manufacturers in recent years. Porsche Engineering Group acquired a 10% stake in Rimac in 2018. Three years later, Porsche and Rimac announced plans to take over Volkswagen\u2019s Bugatti which is expected to shift away from exotic internal combustion engines to electric propulsion. The agreement gives Rimac a majority 55% stake in Bugatti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Croatian automaker has also partnered with the Hyundai Motor Group and will work with the South Koreans \u201con the development of high-performance electric vehicles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rimac has also worked with Pininfarina which based its new Battista model on the Nevera platform. The Croatian hypercar will cost around $2 million, and Rimac plans to produce only 150 of them \u2014 at a rate of one a week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Croatian hypercar manufacturer Rimac broke 23 different speed records with its Rimac Nevera. That starts with a blistering 0-60 launch made in a mere 1.74 seconds. Details at TheDetroitBureau.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7,8,5,1164,2648,1347,9],"tags":[6345,8813,8814,10938],"make":[],"post-state":[],"category_old":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243188"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243188"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":243201,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243188\/revisions\/243201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243188"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=243188"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=243188"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=243188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}