When Rimac Automobili developed the Nevera, it was not intended as a single-purpose hypercar: “Nevera was primarily developed as a Hyper GT, not as a track-focused car,” he said. Mate Rimacfounder and president of Rimac Grupa. It is designed for long distances and real driving.
Last week, the owner of Nevera, a British researcher and technology entrepreneur Chris Browntraveled approximately 2,700 kilometers from Harrogate in North Yorkshire to Trogir on the Dalmatian coast to join the second annual Rimac Trailblazer Tour.
The Eight Poles of Inaccessibility
Trips like this are nothing new for Brown. He is currently working on the Eight Poles Project with the goal of becoming the first person to visit all eight Poles of Inaccessibility on Earth. Poles of inaccessibility are the coordinates on the continent furthest from the ocean in all directions or, in the case of the ocean, the point furthest from land. By their very nature, these points are difficult to reach.
So far, he has reached seven out of eight: North America, South America, Africa, Australia, Antarctica and two ocean poles – Point Nemo in the South Pacific and the North Pole of Inaccessibility in the Arctic. For his trip to Trogir, Brown included two more sets of coordinates in the route, making detours to the national points of inaccessibility of Belgium and Luxembourg. These are the points within each state’s borders that are furthest from any sea or border.
Chris Brown says: “With everything else I’ve been doing, I haven’t had nearly as much time as I’d like to really enjoy driving the Nevera. That’s why when the invitation came to join the Rimac team in Croatia, I jumped at the chance to spend several thousand kilometers behind the wheel. These four days only confirmed what I already knew about the Nevera – it’s a remarkable achievement. It’s spacious, quiet, comfortable and allows hundreds of kilometers between charges – everything you want for a long road trip – while delivering performance and driving excitement you expect from a real hypercar. Among the many adventures I’ve had, this is one of the most memorable experiences.”
Travel route
The four-day route took him through seven countries. Leaving Harrogate at dawn on 28 May, Brown crossed the English Channel by LeShuttle, spending the first night near Brussels. On the second day he deviated from the usual routes to the Belgian point of no access, then south into Luxembourg to his point, after which the route rejoined the motorway network and ended with an overnight stay in the town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Bavaria.
On the third day, the route led south through Munich, into Austria, and then through the Alpine corridors towards Slovenia, arriving at Lake Bled, where he spent the night. The last day was a continuation south through Croatia, passing through Zagreb and continuing on the highway to Trogir, where he arrived before the start of the Trailblazers Tour on June 1.
Throughout the trip, Brown and Nevera relied on IONITY’s pan-European network of high-power fast chargers, given Rimac’s and IONITY’s existing partnership that gives Nevera owners eight years of free charging in 24 European countries. The practical aspects of this trip confirmed Nevera’s long-distance capabilities. Equipped with a lithium-manganese-nickel battery with a capacity of 120 kWh, with a WLTP range of 490 kilometers and the possibility of charging with a power of 500 kW, which allows charging from 0 to 80 percent in 19 minutes on a compatible infrastructure, Nevera is made to cover long distances.
Arrival in Trogir marks the beginning of a new chapter of the journey. There, Brown joins other Nevera owners on the second Rimac Trailblazer Tour – an annual gathering of the Nevera owner community that last year brought together nine cars on a four-day journey through the Croatian countryside, ending at the amphitheater in Pula.