The object
Mate Rimac engineered the high-performance electric powertrain that led to the Rimac Concept_One, using independently controlled motors and battery hardware in a production hypercar. The vehicle demonstrated that a battery-electric drivetrain could set performance benchmarks normally associated with elite combustion-engine sports cars.
What Mate did
Engineered the converted BMW E30 powertrain that became the Concept_One's four-motor electric hypercar platform.
Why it matters
Rimac identifies Concept_One as the foundation for its Nevera programme, and its technology business now supplies electric hardware to major automotive manufacturers.
Living-status check
Rimac's current 2026 company profile says its new chapter remains guided by Mate Rimac and names the Concept_One lineage, positive evidence he was alive in 2026.