This is what happened to the USA's doomed attempt to build a Rimac Nevera rival

The Rimac Nevera is one of the most impressive creations in modern hypercar history – but you may never have heard of the Elation Freedom.

It was an attempt by an American company to build a direct rival.

This is the story of the USA’s doomed attempt to build a direct rival to the Rimac Nevera.

And it could have been truly great.

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Elation Freedom unveiled in 2020 – and the numbers were bonkers

Ladies and gentlemen, allow us to introduce you to the could-have-been contender to the Rimac Nevera.

This is the Elation Freedom – and the hypercar in question was as unique as its name choice.

It is a company with quite an interesting debut and origin story to boot.

Elation Motors was a start-up company founded in Silicon Valley, California.

The brains behind the business were two Argentine businessmen – Carlos Satulovsky and Mauro Saravia.

Elation Motors aimed to blend the forward-thinking nature of Silicon Valley with the experience found within the company.

According to reports, those involved with the project had a wealth of experience from Formula One, as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

So this is very clearly a far cry from some kind of farmhouse botch-job – in fact, these people meant business.

The Elation Freedom was founded on a lightweight carbon fiber monocoque chassis.

Housed within said chassis were three liquid-cooled electric motors.

These electric motors were powered by a 100kW/h T-shaped battery, which was integrated into the chassis to lower its center of gravity.

In its most explosive setup, the Elation Freedom was reported to be capable of 1,903hp.

Oh, and don’t worry about the performance, because the Elation Freedom could reportedly do a 0-60 time of under two seconds.

All of these numbers mean that the Elation Freedom could well have been a serious, serious rival to the Rimac Nevera.

Pandemic shut down the Rimac Nevera rival

So, what on Earth happened to Elation Motors – and why did we never see the Freedom?

Well, the Elation Freedom had been scheduled to be unveiled at the 2022 Geneva Motor Show.

The artistic renderings had been unveiled at the beginning of 2020.

As you will probably find difficult to forget, the COVID-19 pandemic dominated global headlines – and the globe in 2020.

It appears to be most likely that the company ceased production as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

There was never any official confirmation of just how far development of the Freedom actually went.

As a result, we have no clue whether the Elation Freedom ever even entered the production stage.

What we do know, sadly, is that the car world was robbed of a potentially epic all-electric hypercar.

An all-electric duel between the Elation Freedom and the Rimac Nevera truly would have been a sight to behold.