Curated and judged by the Top Gear team of experts, the Awards celebrate the greatest electric cars in the world across a range of different categories.
Speaking of the Nevera’s win, Top Gear Magazine’s Associate Editor, Tom Ford, said:
“The Rimac Nevera drives more naturally and fluidly than the dense electric specification would lead you to believe.
It’s a deeply, wonderfully impressive masterclass.
The mistake here is to look at the headlines and think that there’s all there is, but there’s more nuance than you imagine.
Electric hypercars are a new and different breed. The Nevera – at this point – is the pinnacle.”
The Rimac Nevera represents a paradigm shift in automotive performance, technology, and design.
The next-generation all-electric hyper GT has unlocked new dimensions of road car performance – once regarded as unachievable.
Its 1,914hp is produced by four bespoke Rimac-engineered electric motors, propelling it from 0-60mph in just 1.85 seconds, and onto 100mph in 4.3 seconds.
The Nevera was recently named the world’s fastest accelerating production car, completing the quarter-mile in a world record 8.582 seconds.
The Nevera is designed, developed and manufactured in-house at Rimac Automobili in Croatia, bearing a name that pays homage to its homeland.
A nevera is an unexpected Mediterranean summer storm off the coast of Croatia and, just like its namesake, the Rimac Nevera can transform from a comfortable, capable grand tourer into an ultra-sharp performance machine in an instant.
Mate Rimac, CEO of The Rimac Group, said:
“When we first showed the Concept_One all-electric supercar at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2011 it had no competition – the idea of EV performance was unheard of.
But today, with Nevera, we’re in a marketplace full of hugely impressive all-electric sports cars from some of the largest manufacturers in the world.
On behalf of a team of people that have worked relentlessly to perfect Nevera over the past few years, it’s a huge privilege to have it singled out amongst a very strong group as the best performance electric car in the world today.”