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Sorry, Tesla: The world’s fastest electric car is made in Croatia?
- DyslexicAtheist 11y agoAny Croatioans here? I heard Mate Rimac (the kid) got seed money for the business from his dad who was a local mobster. It was a huge controversy and apparently all over the local press when it happened. Somebody have more news on this?
- velcro 11y agoI'm Croatian... don't know about the rumor you mentioned (but apparently it wasn't such a huge controversy that I'd know about it :D)... however - Rimac cars apparently has some well known and public investors http://www.rimac-automobili.com/press/rimac-automobili-closes-10m-euro-series-a-investment-round-p21 http://www.rimac-automobili.com/press/rimac-automobili-close...
- frb 11y agoI didn't know about it, quick googling shows that his dad is not a mobster. He was however arrested and charged in a high scale corruption case and fraud [1] five years back and was also charged with tax fraud in Germany before that. Since then he was released on bail and in 2014 sentenced to three years an ten months of prison [2]. Mate said in an interview that is planning to return the loan he received from his dad [3]. Also that should not impair Mate's achievements. [1] http://www.vecernji.hr/crna-kronika/ivan-rimac-opet-na-sudu-zamaglili-333-mil-kuna-tvrtke-slavonija-di-318377 http://www.vecernji.hr/crna-kronika/ivan-rimac-opet-na-sudu-... [2] http://www.vecernji.hr/hrvatska/afera-sibinj-svi-proglaseni-krivima-kruljac-dobio-godinu-i-pol-dana-zatvora-930061 http://www.vecernji.hr/hrvatska/afera-sibinj-svi-proglaseni-... [3] http://www.vecernji.hr/automobili/mate-rimac-posudeni-novac-vracam-ocevoj-tvrtki-s-kamatama-niti-kunu-nisam-dobio-na-poklon-995095 http://www.vecernji.hr/automobili/mate-rimac-posudeni-novac-...
- _benedict 11y agoDoes it really count as "production" if you build only eight?