Ever heard of Rimac? If the name sounds vaguely familiar, it might be because we covered its Automobili C_two, its envelope-pushing entry for the 2018 Geneva Motor Show, in the April edition of Driven .
See, this is the company that created an electric monster. It wears that C_two badge on the back, and it’s about as dramatic as when the covers were lifted off of the Bugatti Veyron for the first time.
The C_two is powered by four electric motors, each placed at one wheel. And if that doesn’t get your motor running, how about some figures?
It produces a total of 1,427 kW and is able to sprint to just over 400 km/h. It’s the way in which it sprints, though, that is its real party piece. It can cover the zero to 100 km/h stint in just 1.85 seconds.
While we all find that mighty impressive, Porsche too has noticed the underlying potential for greatness as it yesterday announced its 10% stake in the Croatian super electric carmaker.
The Stuttgart giant said yesterday that it’s looking for a developmental partnership with Rimac that not only powers its own cars, but also supplies technology to other established automakers like Jaguar, Koenigsegg and Aston Martin.
“By developing the purely electric two-seaters super sports cars, like the ‘Concept One’ or ‘C Two’, as well as core vehicle systems, Rimac has impressively demonstrated its credentials in the field of electromobility”, Lutz Meschke who is the Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board and Member of the Executive Board for Finance and IT at Porsche said.
He also added that Porsche sees Rimac’s ideas and approaches as ‘extremely promising’.
Rimac’s CEO, Mate Rimac said that this newfound partnership is an important step for his company as they are looking to become the system supplier of choice in the electrification industry.
It is speculated that Porsche is looking into implementing a slightly less aggressive version of Rimac’s technology into its Taycan (the name given to the Mission E project) that will utilise two electric motors and produce 440 kW.
