- Croatian automaker Rimac is sharing details of homologation testing for its electric hypercar, the C_Two, with this crash-test video.
- Also this week, the company received an additional investment from Porsche, which now holds 15.5 percent of Rimac; Porsche is interested in the startup's electrification technology.
- Want to see more? Next time you're in Croatia, Rimac offers factory tours to the public.
When you get up in the morning and produce a fully electric hypercar with a claimed top speed of 258 mph, you better make sure it's got the proper certification before letting customers strap in. The Croatian electric supercar upstart, to continue its open-door policy of letting its fans and customers watch the production process each step of the way, has launched a video showing testing for part of its global homologation.
Once Rimac completes the long and expensive process of meeting global safety and quality certifications, it can sell this 1888-hp hypercar anywhere Ford, GM, Nissan, or Porsche can sell their cars worldwide. It's a big push because Rimac has already marketed the C_Two as a car that’s both street and track friendly; not putting it through global homologation tests would mean it would be a track-only car for customers in the United States.
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Rimac has already received support from Porsche and Hyundai. Porsche ramped up its investment to a 15.5 percent share today, interested in Rimac's electric and autonomous-vehicle tech and looking to expand their cooperation in battery technology. In May, Hyundai backed Rimac with $90 million to develop Hyundai’s first high-performance EV.
Rimac is estimating customer deliveries of the C_Two will start in 2020.
Austin Irwin has worked for Car and Driver for over 10 years in various roles. He's steadily worked his way from an entry-level data entry position into driving vehicles for photography and video, and is now reviewing and testing cars. What will he do next? Who knows, but he better be fast.
