Developing an advanced, all-electric hypercar isn’t easy and some three years after being presented, Rimac continues to test and perfect the C_Two before customer deliveries begin. In this video, we get to see how the Croatian company tests the car in extreme conditions.
While Rimac is testing the C_Two on public roads and on racetracks, it is also using an advanced climate chamber that can create temperatures as low as -4 degrees Fahrenheit (-28 C) and as high as 118 degrees Fahrenheit (48 C).
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In one test, Rimac heated up the cabin of the car to 158 F (70 C) and let the C_Two bake in the chamber before switching on the air conditioning system of the car to eventually cool it down to 72 F (22 C). In a cold-weather test, the prototype was locked in the chamber overnight at -4F (-28C) with the doors open. They then switched on the vehicle’s heating system and needed the windshield to defrost a certain amount to meet global homologation requirements.
Rimac began pre-production of the C_Two in December last year, building six new prototypes in addition to the 12 existing ones. These six preproduction cars will be subject to all manner of tweaks, including durability tests, trim experimentation, NVH, and global product evaluation, before full-scale production launch.
It takes Rimac eight weeks to put together each of its preproduction prototypes, but when production commences, they will build four customer cars per month.