Mate Rimac has already turned the supercar world on its head with the record-setting, ICE-humbling electric Nevera, and now he wants to do the same with cabs. His new Verne robotaxi isn’t targeting a world-beating quarter-mile time, but with only two seats and a coupe-style body it certainly looks sportier than anything from Cruise or Waymo.
Unlike Waymo’s adapted Jaguar I-Pace SUVs and Cruise’s Chevy Volts, Verne’s car is brand new, meaning it was designed to be driverless from the get-go. It’s why Rimac subsidiary Verne – named after sci-fi author Jules – was able to design its taxi with just two seats, which sounded like a mistake to us, though the firm’s research says otherwise. It claims that nine out of 10 taxi rides involve only one or two passengers.
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