How Rimac Built a Hypercar Company From a Broken BMW

The Rise of a New BenchmarkWhile high-performance combustion cars with nearly 2,000 horsepower, like the Hennessey Venom F5, continue to push the envelope, Rimac took a different route by bringing electric hypercars into the conversation with the Nevera. Getting to that point was far from easy, especially since founder Mate Rimac started with a small, inexperienced team made up mostly of people in their 20s and without boatloads of cash to burn.In a recent YouTube upload, Rimac reflected on the challenges the company faced before producing its first hypercar, the Nevera, in 2021, which ultimately put the brand on the map. At the time, it wa …