Made to deliver 1.4MW of power, the Nevera battery was designed according to a strict set of packaging, weight and performance targets. Its H-shaped design – as opposed to a flat-floor skateboard style arrangement was chosen to allow the driver and passenger to sit low in the car, rather than having the feeling of sitting ‘on-top’ of it. As a hyper-GT, the battery was also challenged to deliver both impressive long-distance cruising and fade-free performance.
To achieve these targets, the Rimac team created a Lithium Manganese Nickel chemistry, with water-glycol cooling plates. A number of innovations help to cool the battery, but perhaps most significant is that these cooling plates sandwich the cells, rather than simply being at the top or the bottom, to provide consistent and efficient cooling across the whole pack.
As a result of this innovative design and engineering, the Nevera showcases a broad range of abilities. In an incredible milestone event last year, it set 23 speed and performance records in a single day, requiring around 30 full-throttle acceleration runs in less than 8 hours, with no discernible drop in performance. The Nevera is also capable of travelling 490 kilometers (WLTP) or up to 305 miles (EPA) on a single charge and can charge at 500kW; a speed so rapid that only a handful of public chargers currently exist with this capability.
The 8-year warranty covers all major faults of the battery pack and includes a guarantee that at the end of the warranty period the battery will still have a total charge capacity that is 75% of that when it was delivered new.
Limited volume Nevera production is advancing at pace at the Rimac headquarters in Croatia, with deliveries taking place to customers around the world.