WATCH: Rimac Nevera Becomes Fastest Electric Production Car In The World With Record Of 258 MPH

Zrncevic has now piloted the Nevera to the title of the world's fastest electric production car, but the Croatian hypercar is also the fastest car of any kind ever recorded at the Automotive Testing Papenburg facility.

"To travel at 415 kph, or 258 mph, means traveling at a third of the speed of sound," remarked Zrncevic. "Simply achieving that alone in a road car is incredibly complex, but in Nevera, we have created a car that can travel long distances on a single charge, can tackle tight and twisting race tracks, and can drift as well as break straight-line speed records, both for acceleration and V-MAX. I've driven Nevera since it first turned a wheel, and to see the perfectly honed car that is today is a really emotional moment. The most important thing I have learned during the top-speed attempt is how composed and stable the car was - confirming that our aerodynamics and vehicle dynamics teams have done an amazing job."

It's thrilling to think that in the 17-odd years since the original Bugatti Veyron broke the 400 kph mark (248 mph) in 2005, electric cars have gone from unknown outliers like the Norwegian Buddy Electric to hypercar-humbling record breakers like the Nevera.

The Nevera will be delivered to customers with a limited top speed of 219 mph (352 kph) but can achieve its top speed "in special customer events with the support from the Rimac team and under controlled conditions." The automaker makes special mention of the tires, which endure extraordinary stress during such runs, which is not unusual. Sister company Bugatti also limits the true potential of its cars unless a customer informs the automaker of a high-speed run.

As we look back on one amazing record, the only question remaining is this: The speed of progression of EVs is astonishing and a little scary, so when will EVs overtake combustion-powered hypercars outright and make the Bugatti Chiron and Hennessey Venom F5 look slow? At current rates, probably not another 17 years.