The electric hypercar that set a 7:05.298 production-car Nürburgring lap record in 2023 was the Rimac Nevera.
Rimac recorded the time on 18 August 2023 around the 20.832-kilometre Nürburgring Nordschleife in Germany. Croatian racing driver Martin Kodrić was behind the wheel. The achievement was specifically an electric production-car benchmark, not the outright Nordschleife record for every type of vehicle.
The Nevera is built by Croatian manufacturer Rimac Automobili and uses four electric motors, one for each wheel. Its extreme acceleration and sophisticated torque-vectoring system help it exploit the circuit’s many corners, although Nürburgring performance also depends heavily on tires, weather, setup and the exact record category.
A common mix-up is the Volkswagen ID.R, whose 6:05.336 time was faster but came from a purpose-built electric race car rather than a production hypercar. The Nevera’s record therefore refers to a different and more restrictive class.