Formula 1 champion Nico Rosberg has shared his excitement at the arrival of his high-tech, all-electric, “so damn epic” Rimac C_Two hypercar.
Just one of 50 people who will ever be able to buy a new C_Two, Rosberg visited Rimac’s hometown in Sveta Nedelja, Croatia to customise his 1,914kW beast and try out an advanced prototype.
“I absolutely love it, it’s just so damn epic,” he said of the hypercar in a video posted on Youtube that you can see below.
“It’s the future, it’s absolutely the future.”
Rosberg is not only the winner of the Formula One in 2016, but is also a big fan of electric mobility, having now embarked on a new career of sustainable entrepreneurship.
He has invested in more than 20 mobility startups as well as the Formula E, and in 2019 founded the European Greentech festival.
“I’m a big fan of electric mobility and I want to support electric mobility for the future,” the champion said in the video posted on Wednesday.
Mate Rimac, founder and CEO of Rimac Automobili said that it was an honour for the hypercar company to count Rosberg among its customers.
“Nico is a great guy through and through – as a driver, sustainability entrepreneur, tech lover and future-focused individual, he understands exactly what we want to achieve with the C_Two; simply, that we want to set new standards for performance by using advanced electric technology developed entirely in-house here at Rimac Automobili,” he said in a statement.
“The car we have created is built almost from the ground up by the team here in Croatia. And to have one of the world’s best drivers give us the ultimate seal of approval on that design and engineering by buying one is an amazing feeling.”
By hypercar standards, the Rimac C_Two is right up there. With the ability to shoot from 0-60mph (96km/hr) in just 1.85 seconds, it has a top speed of 412km/hr and maximum 2,300Nm torque.
“It’s absolutely ballistic,” said Rosberg.
Rosberg will, along with other fellow C_Two buyers, receive his Rimac supercar in 2021.
Bridie Schmidt is associate editor for The Driven, sister site of Renew Economy. She has been writing about electric vehicles since 2018, and has a keen interest in the role that zero-emissions transport has to play in sustainability. She has participated in podcasts such as Download This Show with Marc Fennell and Shirtloads of Science with Karl Kruszelnicki and is co-organiser of the Northern Rivers Electric Vehicle Forum. Bridie also owns a Tesla Model Y and has it available for hire on evee.com.au.