Rimac's journey to creating the electric hypercars of the future
summary
A Croatian startup grows from a garage project to a 600+ person company that raises about €150M and supplies tech to OEMs while building low-volume hypercars. The latest car packs 1,900 horsepower, four independent motors, nine cameras and 12 ultrasonic sensors, and claims 0–200 km/h under 2 seconds. Development uses Qt for digital cockpits (Qt for digital cockpits), heavy simulation and crash testing (multiple €2M crash events) as it scales toward a 4,500‑person campus.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction and welcome
- 1:30Why I love cars
- 3:41First electric race car success
- 6:07Early struggles and funding challenges
- 8:15Building Rimac from scratch
- 9:51Current hypercar technology
- 11:59Focus on user experience
- 13:24Design process and tools
- 14:06Future expansion and campus
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