Porsche Meningkatkan Kepentingan Mereka Dalam Rimac Automobili Kepada 24 Peratus

Syarikat supercar elektrik Kroasia, Rimac mendapat bahagian yang lebih besar.

Pengilang supercar elektrik yang tidak banyak dipasarkan atau dipromosikan Rimac mesti memegang beberapa teknologi bateri yang berharga bagi Porsche AG untuk mengambil bahagian yang lebih besar dari syarikat itu.

Pengilang kereta elektrik Rimac, yang beribupejabat di Zagreb, Croatia ditubuhkan pada tahun 2009 dan kini mengaji hampir 1,000 orang.

Rimac Automobili, yang diasaskan oleh pengusaha Kroasia, Mate Rimac, telah mengembangkan platform supercar elektrik, yang disediakannya kepada pembuat kenderaan lain, termasuk Automobili Pininfarina. Rimac, telah memperluas operasi kejuruteraannya dan telah menyediakan komponen teknologi kenderaan elektrik untuk kenderaan elektrik kepada pembuat kenderaan seperti Aston Martin, Hyundai dan Kia.

Porsche bergabung dengan syarikat kenderaan teknologi dan sukan yang masih baharu sebagai pelabur pada tahun 2018 dan meningkatkan kepentingannya menjadi 15 peratus pada bulan September 2019. Hyundai Motor Group melabur di Rimac pada bulan Mei 2019.

Peningkatan modal terkini oleh Porsche AG menggambarkan pengembangan perkongsian strategik. Porsche melaburkan 70 juta Euro tambahan. Ini bermakna bahawa pengeluar kereta sukan akan memegang 24 peratus saham tanpa menggunakan pengaruh mengawal.

Dengan Porsche memperluas rangkaian kenderaan elektrik (EV) dalam beberapa tahun mendatang, langkah Porsche ini jelas bahawa teknologi bateri dan pengecasan Rimac adalah kunci kepada pengembangan EV Porsche pada tahun-tahun mendatang.

KENYATAAN MEDIA: “Rimac is excellently positioned in prototype solutions and small series,” says Lutz Meschke, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board and Member of the Executive Board for Finance and IT at Porsche AG. “Mate Rimac and his team are important partners, especially when it comes to supporting us in the development of components.

Rimac is well on its way to becoming a Tier 1 supplier for Porsche and other manufacturers in the high-tech segment. Porsche has already placed its first orders with Rimac for the development of highly innovative series components,” says Meschke. 

Both sides will benefit from this enhanced level of cooperation in the future, he emphasises: “Mate Rimac inspires us with his innovative ideas. By the same token, he benefits from our know-how in production and methodological expertise in development.”

Increased investment in young companies with potential

Porsche has for many years been stepping up investment in young companies with potential. It currently has stakes in more than 20 start-ups and eight venture capital funds. “Our investment in Rimac has turned out to be absolutely right,” Meschke says.

“The value has increased many times over since our initial investment. The company has developed very well technologically. We are expanding our cooperation step by step and are also benefiting from Rimac’s strength in innovation.”

Company founder Mate Rimac welcomes the fact that Porsche steps up its commitment. “Porsche has been a big supporter of our company since 2018, and it has always been a privilege to have one of the world’s most iconic sports car brands be a part of Rimac,” he says. 

“We’re proud to work together on exciting new electrified products. With many car manufacturers across the world being Rimac customers, it is important, both for Rimac and Porsche, that we remain an entirely independent business.

The partnership with Porsche helps the company develop and grow which is beneficial for all of our customers.”

Mate Rimac founded the company named after him in 2009 at the age of 21. Even prior to that, he had a vision of the electric-powered super sports car while still at school and university. 

Based in Sveta Nedelja near Zagreb, his company now has a workforce of nearly 1,000. Rimac designs, develops and manufactures electric hypercars with up to 2,000 hp and a top speed of more than 400 km/h.

The company also supplies technologies and systems to several well-known manufacturers of electric cars.