Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster has claimed the title of “world’s fastest car”. according to your website.
The 2022 Tesla Roadster has good credentials to claim that it is the fastest electric vehicle, as its specifications say that it accelerates from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 1.9 seconds, it can reach speeds of more than 250 miles per hour with approximately 288 horsepower. It also has a range of about 620 miles.
All that and it will cost you an estimated $200,000 to $250,000 to drive one of these flashy vehicles.
Three competing electric vehicles appear to finish ahead of the Tesla Roadster in speed estimates, according to a recent study. CAR Magazine Report. However, the fastest to hit 60mph is a British-built McMurtry Spierling which travels from 0 to 60mph in 1.5 seconds, but only has a top speed of 150mph. But that vehicle is not for sale.
The Aspark Owl ranks second in acceleration speed, clocking in from 0 to 60 mph in 1.69 seconds with a top speed of 249 mph. The McMurtry Spierling might be priceless, but the Aspark Owl is quite expensive at £2.5 million ($2.97 million).
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The new Tesla Rival rolls off the production line
The latest competitor to Tesla’s claim of the fastest car just rolled its first EV off the production line on July 12, as Croatia-based Rimac Refrigerator produced a demonstration and marketing vehicle that is the first of its kind. 150 models to be produced. These vehicles take five weeks to build on the final assembly line, while many of their parts and systems are manufactured many months in advance at the Rimac facility. according to a company statement.
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The Rimac Nevera hypercar accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in 1.85 seconds, reaching 256 mph with a whopping 1,914 horsepower, according to the statement. The EV took five years of development and testing, three generations of powertrain technology, 18 prototypes, 45 physical crash tests and more than 1.6 million collective hours of research and development to put the vehicle on the road.
The electric vehicle manufacturer will deliver these vehicles to its global network of 25 official dealer partners in the US, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, according to the statement. Price estimates range from around $2.27 million to $2.5 million.
“At the beginning of the Nevera journey, we ran thousands of virtual simulations and experimented with countless designs before the time finally came to create the first working prototypes,” said Mate Rimac, CEO of Rimac Group, in a statement. , about 300 people worked in the company, and now that we are in full production, our company has quintupled to have more than 1,500 colleagues and the construction of our new 100,000 m² (1.07 million square feet) Campus Rimac is running.”
Rimac’s competition with Tesla is growing as the Croatian company is developing a battery module to compete with Musk’s company’s 4680 battery technology used in its Model Y electric vehicles. according to CarBuzz. Tesla’s 4680 batteries are 46 millimeters in diameter and 80 millimeters tall and have been shown to speed up charge times.
Rimac is developing its battery module with a similar 46mm diameter that has higher energy density and fewer cells than older batteries. Rimac reportedly supplies batteries to various automakers and is looking to increase the number of battery packs available to automakers from 40,000 in 2023 to 200,000 in 2028.
