Which cars and what countries come to mind when you think of fast, exotic, all-electric supercars? The Porsche Taycan Turbo S and Audi RS E-tron GT, from Germany. The Pininfarina Battista, also from Germany. The Tesla Roadster, from the US. And the Lotus Evija, from the UK. Yes, those are, of course, the usual suspects. But how about Croatia? This rather small Central European country on the Adriatic Sea, part of the old Yugoslavia,  surrounded by Slovenia, Hungary and Serbia, is probably the last place on Earth from where you’d expect a supercar – an all-electric one at that – to challenge established names from the UK, Germany and elsewhere.

With its headquarters in Sveta Nedelja, Croatia, Rimac Automobili was set up in 2009 by Mate Rimac, a Croatian entrepreneur and tech innovator. The company had unveiled the C_Two concept car earlier at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show, and VW Group subsidiary Porsche Engineering picked up a 10% stake in Rimac that year. The Nevera is the production-ready development of the C_Two. ‘This is the car I had in mind when I embarked on the impossible journey ten years ago. The Nevera was born to outperform and raise the bar, redefining the norm for performance cars. Everyone at Rimac is driven by curiosity and a desire to push things to the absolute limit,’ says Mate Rimac. ‘We have utilised the full potential of the electric powertrain, proving that the electric hypercar is beyond exciting,’ he adds.

The Nevera even has an AI-powered virtual driving coach onboard, which evaluates driving performance and provides guidance by which drivers can optimise and enhance their skills, helping them travel faster on a racetrack. This AI-driven system uses as many as 12 ultrasonic sensors, 13 cameras and six radars to record and analyse the driver’s performance. The precise audio-visual guidance allows drivers to improve their racing lines, braking and acceleration points, and steering inputs.