Watching A $2.1 Million Rimac C_Two Crash Check Is Equally Grisly And Fascinating

To ensure that the insanely highly effective C_Two electrical hypercar (bear in mind, it has 1,888hp / 1,914PS ) to be homologated globally, Rimac has to first make it possible for it meets all efficiency, sturdiness and reliability requirements, not simply safety-related exams.

Sadly for these of us fond of lovely hypercars, this course of additionally contains real-world crash testing, as a result of simulating a lot of these occasions on a pc can solely get you thus far. In addition to, Rimac’s objective is for its automobiles to be secure and road-legal worldwide.

In line with the EV-maker, a fully-fledged homologation course of, with out taking any shortcuts, can take three to 4 years as you go from idea to prototype to street automotive.

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Step one is to run simulations and develop the automotive with the assistance of computer systems. Subsequent come the fabric and parts exams, which precede the automobile testing program which requires precise experimental prototypes. Then come the testing validation prototypes, pre-production prototypes and naturally the ultimate product.

So far as the battery-powered C_Two (of which solely 150 models might be made) is anxious, it has simply aced its first spherical of crash exams, which suggests Rimac can now proceed to the subsequent stage of improvement, which is to “additional enhance our design along with perfecting the correlations of our digital simulations.”

It’s attention-grabbing how Rimac used the identical monocoque on the experimental prototype for 5 forms of crash exams, earlier than realizing that they might additionally carry out a sixth take a look at involving roof power.

Crashing the identical prototype (or automotive) time and again isn’t a reasonably sight, however that’s life once you’re a small-volume producer – simply ask Koenigsegg.