Now, all drivers have thoughts about electric cars. You might have decided an EV is exactly what you want, or you might scoff at the very idea of owning one

The only thought that you probably have when it comes to the Rimac Nevera, however, is darn, that’s fast. Unlike the Porsche 918 Spyder with its E-Power mode, this little doozy is all electric, all the time.

Rimac named its electric powerhouse for a type of violent storm, and as though to attempt to prove it was worthy of that mighty moniker, stuffed it with enough power to hit 256 mph – a pace that Rimac specifies it can achieve “with manufacturer oversight” — as well as the acceleration to achieve 0-60 mph in 1.74 seconds and a 0-186 mph in 9.22 seconds. 
What kind of power system pushes it to those levels? A quartet of motors, one for each of its wheels. Then, of course, there’s the battery itself, a T-shaped carbon fiber design incorporated into the very monocoque of the Nevera. The output of the Nevera R was boosted even further, to the 2,017-horsepower mark.
The Nevera, Goodwood reports, claimed a speed record at the Automotive Testing facility Papenburg in 2022 that afforded it the title of fastest EV on the planet. Needless to say, though, others had their eye on that coveted title, and the next vehicle in this rundown technically, depending on your viewpoint, claimed it for itself.