Rimac Automobili Concept_One

[TEG]

Might be this:
Applus Idiada Volar-e: an electric supercar for the European Commission!

 

[JRP3]

Might be this:

I don't understand the inference, what might be this? The Applus Volar-e looks like a different vehicle than the Rimac Concept One.
By the way, Volare?

Volare, whoa ho :biggrin:

 

[TEG]

I don't understand the inference, what might be this? The Applus Volar-e looks like a different vehicle than the Rimac Concept One.

The link Grendal provided earlier:
http://green.autoblog.com/2013/01/31/rimac-automobili-delivers-first-electric-supercar-wont-let-us/

...Rimac Automobili ... has completed its very first all-electric supercar for a paying customer. There's just one problem: we can't see it yet.
According to a Facebook update released by the company, its customer "...wished to control what will be published about the project." So, all we know for now is that it should offer similar, if not better, tire-blistering performance as the original Rimac Concept_One but will look somewhat different as it not a copy of that prototype, but rather, a separate one-off design...

Some have been guessing that the customer might be Applus.

 

[domenick]

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Some have been guessing that the customer might be Applus.

Pretty sure the Applus is a different vehicle.

Edit: I was under the impression it was a different vehicle but looking at it now, it seems they are quite possibly the same.

 

[Nh1]

Yeah, you can see their logo in that workshop video and the battery pack pictures. https://www.facebook.com/Applusidiada :smile:

 

[Raffy.Roma]

Rimac Concept One is too expansive. But I would like a 92 KWh battery (like for Rimac) for next Tesla Model R or also as a battery upgrade on Tesla Roadster.

 

[thelastdeadmouse]

Yeah, you can see their logo in that workshop video and the battery pack pictures. https://www.facebook.com/Applusidiada :smile:

Yep, it has to be it. On their facebook page there's short videos of a computer generated crash simulation and cnc carving a mold for the bonnet. Between the two you can see exactly what the car must look like.

 

[JRP3]

Rimac battery:

TEG correct as usual.

 

[civilengee]

Tesla should work with Rimac and make a "Model Z" ultimate sportscar based on Concept One.

 

[JRP3]

I have to say I think Mate has it covered pretty well on his own.

 

[KD5MDK]

Those wires look bravely thin to my inexpert eye.

 

[JRP3]

Those are battery management wires, not power cables.

 

[thelastdeadmouse]

1,000-Horsepower Volar-e Electric Racer Hits The Track: Video

 

[JRP3]

The battery, which is made up of 10 individual cells,

Not.

The technology behind the Volar-e was developed by Applus Idiada in collaboration with another firm specializing in high-performance electrics, Croatia's Rimac Automobili, which recently unveiled its own 1,088-horsepower electric car.

I'd say the technology was developed by Rimac, and maybe painted by Applus :wink:

 

[TEG]

I saw some Lotus PR video a while back that said they developed the Roadster, and Tesla just provided some drivetrain components...





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The way they did the diagonal black on white bumper treatment reminds me a bit of Ampera...

 

[Grendal]

It looks like there is a fight brewing:

New Applus Volar-E is an electric supercar with Rimac roots, courts controversy [w/video]

 

[Right_Said_Fred]

Here's some recent footage of a Rimac in drag race (kind of) with a Ferrari 458.

There are clearly some things that still need to be addressed, like grip and stability on a straight road. I thought the car had four wheel drive, but the tires are slipping and it needs the whole road (which, I admit, isn't an ideal drag strip):

 

[AnOutsider]

Yeah, traction issues. Might be a software fix though?

 

[JRP3]

If that's the original car it's rear wheel drive only I believe.

 

[AC1K]

with 4wd the car can still be squirmy especially with 1000+HP, the rimac is so powerful it can smoke all 4 tires if traction control is off