Battery management: Hypercar travels with Analog Devices

Rimac has chosen Analog Devices' precision integrated circuits for the battery management system of its hypercars.

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Rimac battery management

by Cleopatra Gatti |

Founded in 2009 by 21-year-old Mate Rimac, who converted his first car in a garage into a Guinness World Record-breaking electric car, the Croatian company develops and manufactures high-performance electric cars and electrification systems for other automotive players. Rimac Automobiles develops and produces high-performance electric cars and electrification systems for other automotive players.

"We have become an influential technology player in the field of high-performance electric vehicles," explains Mate Rimac, CEO of Rimac. "We develop and manufacture electrification systems for many global automotive companies and have raised the bar for electric vehicle performance with our hypercars."

Rimac's battery management

"Our battery management application is among the most rigorous in the world, requiring the highest accuracy, current and voltage values on very short time scales, and rapid dynamic adjustment within the battery pack management control system. We decided to adopt the battery management IC portfolio of Analog Devices across our entire battery management system product line. The Analog Devices ICs are an integral part of the Bms that we have developed in-house and are using in our own vehicles, as well as in the vehicles of many other global automakers. We evaluated several solutions on the market and chose Analog Devices because of the very high accuracy of the measurement and the robustness of the product, which is guaranteed for the lifetime of the vehicle.

The high performance of the Rimac C_Two

The Rimac C_Two is an all-electric hypercar capable of reaching speeds of up to 415 kilometres per hour. Thanks to its 1,914 horsepower, the C_Two can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 1.85 seconds and from 0 to 300 km/h in 11.8 seconds.

Rimac electric car

To support this high performance, the Rimac team designs and engineers sophisticated core technologies, such as the electrical drive train and battery packs. Rimac's Bms technology acts as the "brain" behind the scenes, managing output, charging and discharging and providing precision measurements during vehicle operation.

The Bms also provides vital safety measures to protect the battery from damage. A battery pack is made up of groups of individual cells that work together continuously to provide maximum power to the car. If the cells are not balanced against each other, they could suffer stress conditions, premature termination of the charging process and a reduction in overall battery life.

Analog Devices ' battery management ICs provide highly accurate measurements, ensuring safer operation of the vehicle and maximising its range for each individual charge cycle.


About Rimac

Rimac Automobili is a Croatian car manufacturer that develops and produces high-performance electric cars, drive systems and batteries, founded in 2009 by Mate Rimac.
by Mate Rimac. Rimac's first vehicle, the Concept One, established itself as the fastest production electric car in the world. In addition to selling high-performance cars, the company develops and manufactures components or entire vehicles for other companies. The technology centre, based on the outskirts of Zagreb, Croatia, employs around 600 people, with strong future growth forecast.

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