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Electric hypercar maker Mate Rimac says SPAC funding could damage industry

'You can get so much money now for companies that do not have a product'

A surge in the use of special purpose acquisition companies (SPAC) for raising money for electric vehicle start-ups could harm the long-term prospects of the industry, Mate Rimac, founder of electric hypercar maker Rimac, said on Thursday. Managers of SPAC companies are not held to the same level of liability about potential growth prospects as managers who raise cash via an initial public offering (IPO) on equity markets, spurring concerns about an investor bubble. "When we go public, I want

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Rimac goes in-depth on the C_Two's ultra-tech aero testing

The lowest achieved drag coefficient was 0.28

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Automobili Pininfarina’s PF-Zero will be all-electric, ultra-fast

What you'll get for $2.5 million, and plans for SUVs to come

One thing potential customers of Automobili Pininfarina's circa-$2.5-million, 250 mph electric hypercar can be rest assured of: It should look good. "Above all it must be beautiful," Italian design director Luca Borgogno told a small gathering of the world's press at the exclusive launch of the new car brand in Rome, on the eve of the first-ever Formula E race there last week.

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Pininfarina becomes automaker brand, plans to launch electric lineup

EVs will battle Chiron, Urus, Cayenne, Macan with Rimac's help

A little while ago we wrote about ItalDesign's Zerouno supercar, which is sold under the company's own brand name. Another design house, Pininfarina, will also become a carmaker brand, as it prepares to launch a hypercar with Mahindra investments backing it up.

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