the age of the electric hypercar might
have just arrived at the Geneva Motor
Show you probably heard of a company
called Reem Acra Croatian company they
basically produce batteries and motors
nor the electric tech love the big
manufacturers we know about like to put
in their cars like jlr but this is a
showcase of what they're capable of
there was the concept one you may have
heard of it a thousand horsepower
electric hyper car this is the Rimac C
underscore two it is as I said a hyper
car the numbers that go with it I've
just mine scrambling never seen it with
any car before and normally quite good
with numbers but in this case I'm gonna
have to read them out this thing has
four motors one for each wheel at the
front and two at the back 1887
horsepower 1696 pound-feet of torque the
front wheels have a single speed gearbox
each on the motors and then two twin
speed gearboxes at the back that means
the top speed can be cranked up to 258
miles an hour naught sixty one point
eight five seconds not too 104.3 naught
to 186 miles an hour in 11.8 seconds but
that's nearly two seconds faster than a
bugatti chiron to 186 miles an hour and
it's not a light car this thing it's got
a carbon fiber chassis but it still
weighs one thousand nine hundred and
fifty kilograms that's a hefty beast the
reason it's so fast is because of those
motors because of the batteries and
because it's got so many batteries
stuffed in there it can do 400 miles on
a single charge or so remote claim
that's probably if you drive like your
granny drive like this cars supposed to
be driven and it will do two laps of the
Nurburgring flat-out so there are a few
limitations to electric technology but
but consider this abrogation will only
do 277 miles between fill-ups from its
hundred liter tank and again that's if
you're driving conservatively the other
thing to mention about this car is how
beautifully put together it is it's not
some classic hyper car vaporware from a
company you never heard of yes they're
still relatively little-known remac but
the quality here
absolutely beautiful a couple of things
here in the boot bit of Motor Show fun
here couple of carbon fiber helmets
trapped in a fire extinguisher hopefully
we won't be needing that now before I
show you the interior it's going to get
freaky I'm not going to lie this camera
here is a facial recognition camera and
the idea is as you approach your car it
recognizes your face a little bit like
the iPhone X opens up the doors and gets
in but it gets worse because it's still
looking at your face when you're in
there and it knows if you're in a bad
mood or not it can then tailor the car
the suspension settings the music to
your mood to try and relax you clever
I'm not sure what become knowing me
quite that well anyway the interior what
you have to say it's absolutely lovely
they kept it really simple digital dials
a couple of screens nice bit of leather
I know you're thinking yeah it's all
well and good anyone can claim to have
an ear 2000 horsepower electric car
four-wheel drive four motors 260 miles
in there but it's actually real they're
going to make it they're going to make a
hundred and fifty of them I believe
costing 1.7 million euros each not cheap
then but this is just going to blown the
bugatti chiron out the water for people
that are doubting whether the electric
technology is there
sure the infrastructure isn't quite but
my god the techs ready