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  • the age of the electric Hypercar might have just arrived at the Geneva Motor Show.

  • He probably out of a company called Rimac, a Croatian company.

  • They basically produced batteries and motors, nor the electric tech.

  • The big manufacturers we know about like to put in their cars like jail are, but this is a showcase of what they're capable of.

  • There was the concept one you may have heard of it.

  • 1000 horsepower electric Hypercar.

  • This is the Rimac see underscore to it is, as I said, Ah, Hypercar.

  • The numbers that go with it are just mind scrambling.

  • Never seen it with any car before.

  • Normally quite good with numbers, but in this case, I have to read them out.

  • This thing has four motors, one for each wheel at the front and two at the back, 1887 horsepower, £1696 feet of torque.

  • Front wheels have a single speed gearbox.

  • Each on the motors on then to twin speed gearbox is at the back.

  • That means the top speed could be cranked up to 258 miles an hour, not 61.85 seconds, not to 104.3 lots of 186 miles an hour in 11 0.8 seconds.

  • That's nearly two seconds faster, the spaghetti shiran to 186 miles in.

  • And it's not a light car.

  • This thing it's got a carbon fibre chassis, but it still weighs 1950 kilograms.

  • That's a hefty beast.

  • The reason it's so fast is because of those motors because of the batteries on, because it's got so many batteries stuffed in there, it could do 400 miles on a single charge.

  • Or so.

  • Rimac claim.

  • That's probably view.

  • Drive like your granny drive like this car's supposed to be driven, and it will do to lap to the Nurburgring flat out.

  • So there are still limitations to electric technology.

  • But but consider this obligation will only do 277 miles between fill ups from its 100 liter tank.

  • And again, that's if you're driving conservatively.

  • The other thing to mention about this car is how beautifully put together is.

  • It's not some classic hypercar vaporware from a company you never heard of.

  • Yes, they still went to be little known Rimac, but the quality is absolutely beautiful.

  • Couple of things here in the boot.

  • Bit of motor show fun here.

  • Couple of carbon fiber helmet's strapped in a far extinguisher.

  • Hopefully, we won't be needing that.

  • Now, before I show you the interior is gonna get freaky.

  • I'm not gonna lie.

  • This camera here is a facial recognition camera, and the idea is, as you approach your car, recognize your face a little bit like the iPhone X opens up the doors and gets him, but it gets worse because it's still looking at your face when you and then it knows if you're in a bad mood or know it, then Taylor card the suspension settings.

  • Music to your mood to try and relax, you clever.

  • I'm not sure what we're calm knowing me quite that well, anyway, the interior way have to say it's absolutely lovely.

  • Kept a really simple digital dials.

  • Couple of screens.

  • Nice big lever.

  • I'm Are you thinking?

  • Yeah, it's all well and good.

  • Anyone can claim to have a near 2000 horsepower electric car before will drive four motors 260 miles an hour, but it's actually really they're going to make it.

  • They're going to make 150 of them, I believe, costing 1.7 million euros each.

  • Not cheap then.

  • But this is just gonna blow in the bag, eh?

  • T shir on out the water for people that doubting whether the electric technology is there.

  • Sure, the infrastructure isn't quite, but my God text ready.

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