Rimac just shook the entire automotive landscape by setting a new world record for the fastest accelerating production car in history.

It's been clear for years that straight-line speed is the quick and simple party trick that every EV can feature if given enough power. What makes today special goes far beyond that simple formula. For one, Rimac is one of the least well-known car companies in the world but in addition to that modest existence, the car in question, the Nevera, absolutely smashed the previous record.

That record was held by Tesla and its Model S Plaid which managed to run a quarter-mile in just 9.247 seconds. You'd expect a supercar to be faster than a sedan but perhaps not this much faster.

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The Rimac Nevera Ran The 1/4 Mile In Just 8.582 seconds.

That figure is so much lower than Tesla's run that surely there will be many doubters, but it seems that Rimac learned quite a lot from the debacle that was SSC's top speed world record attempt.

Not only did they partner directly with well-respected DragTimes.com to film the attempt, but they also used multiple third-party measuring devices to confirm the speed. When the car hit the trap at the end of the strip it was traveling at 167 mph. That's roughly 15 mph faster than the Model S Plaid was going which is both shocking on its own and also explains how the Nevera could smoke the sedan by so much.

Of course, it doesn't hurt that it has four motors that when combined make more than 1,900 horsepower.