The Rimac Concept_One is a two seat electric powered sports car, designed and manufactured by Rimac Automobili.
With a power of 800 kW (1088 hp) and 1600 Nm of torque, it accelerates from 0 to 100 km / h in 2.8 seconds and is called the first electric sports car designated as well as the 2013 accelerating most Electric car at all. Until October 2014 eight vehicles were sold. In 2016 the final version appeared with increased output to 900 kW (1224 hp), which could accelerate from 0 to 100 km / h in 2.5 seconds.
History
The Concept_One was presented for the first time at the International Motor Show 2011 in Frankfurt am Main and at the Paris Motor Show 2012 in Paris. A car was already delivered to a Spanish customer in January 2013. By October 2014, eight vehicles had been sold. The Concept_One is said to cost $980,000, only 88 vehicles are to be manufactured.
The Concept_One was the official zero emission vehicle of the race director of the FIA Formula E Championship 2014/15. The race director used it to check the racetrack, among other things, before the start of the race.
In 2015 Rimac took part in the Pikes Peak race with a 1 megawatt electric vehicle. The vehicle took second place across all classes. The driver was the multiple Pikes Peak winner Nobuhiro Tajima. An electric car also took first place in the overall classification.
The car has been continuously developed. The final version and the successor version Rimac Concept_S were presented at the Geneva Motor Show 2016.
As part of filming the Amazon Prime show The Grand Tour, a prototype was destroyed on June 10, 2017 by Richard Hammond, one of the three hosts. At the end of a demonstration run at the Hemberger mountain race, he lost control of the vehicle for an unknown cause and overturned. Hammond was able to free himself from the car and suffered a knee injury; shortly afterwards the vehicle went up in flames.
Specifications
The speed is limited at 300 km/h. Each wheel is driven by a liquid-cooled, permanently excited electric motor and accelerated or decelerated using a computer system in accordance with the set-up and the current driving situation.
The energy storage is a 90 kWh lithium-ion accumulator (lithium-nickel-manganese-cobalt-oxide) with which the car has a range of 500 km. The body is made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic.
In the final version presented at the Geneva Motor Show 2016, some values were further improved: The maximum torque is 1600 Nm. It accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.6 seconds, from 0 to 200 km/h in 6.2 seconds, and from 0 to 300 km/h in 14.2 seconds. The electronically limited top speed is now 355 km/h. The vehicle has carbon-ceramic brake discs.
Concept_S
The Concept_S was presented at the Geneva Motor Show 2016 and is a modified version of the Concept_One. The maximum power is 1018 kW (1384 hp), the maximum torque is 1800 Nm. Acceleration to 100 km/h takes 2.5 seconds, to 200 km/h in 5.6 seconds and to 300 km/h in 13.1 seconds. The electronic speed control ends at 365 km/h. The vehicle has carbon-ceramic brake discs.
Derived Vehicles
The Volar-e was launched in late 2014. Applus + IDIADA built this vehicle based on the Rimac Concept_One, but reduced the battery size (38 kWh) to save weight. The range is 200 km. The battery can be recharged within 15 minutes.
