{"id":613,"date":"2016-01-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwtest.rimac-automobili.com\/media\/press-releases\/vote-for-rimac-automobili-eba-national-public-champion\/"},"modified":"2020-11-15T14:05:07","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T14:05:07","slug":"vote-for-rimac-automobili-eba-national-public-champion","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.rimac-automobili.com\/media\/press-releases\/vote-for-rimac-automobili-eba-national-public-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote for Rimac Automobili – EBA National Public Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rimac\u00a0Automobili\u00a0will compete today for the title of \u201cNational Public Champion\u201d in this year\u2019s European Business Awards, sponsored by RSM, as the public vote opens for the first time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The company, already named as one of the National Champions in the independently judged part of the competition, has posted a video overview online at www.businessawardseurope.com<\/a>\u00a0giving a powerful insight into the story of their business and its success.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Competing against all other National Champions for the public vote, the company with the most votes will be named \u2018National Public Champion\u2019<\/strong> for Croatia on the 7th of March 2016. The first phase of the online voting is open from the 11th<\/sup> of January to 26th<\/sup> of February 2016. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monika<\/strong> Mikac<\/strong>, Chief Operations Officer in Rimac Automobili says: \u201cWe are pleased to be nominated as the National Champion and we hope to become the European Public Champion<\/strong>. The public has 7 weeks to vote online for their favorite company and we are hoping that they will watch our video and vote for us. That vote means a great deal to us as both our existing and potential customers and clients give their approval to our success.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second public vote<\/strong> will see all the National Public Champions from 32 different countries compete against each other to become the overall European Public Champion<\/strong>. The voting for this takes place between the 7th<\/sup> of March and <\/strong>the 26th<\/sup> of April 2016<\/strong>, with the results announced at the European Business Awards Gala event in June 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adrian Tripp<\/strong>, CEO of the European Business Awards said: \u201cLast year the public vote generated over 170,000 votes from across the world.  It is a very important part of the Awards as it gives these entrepreneurial companies another way of showcasing their achievements.\u201d
He continued: \u201cSo we ask everyone wanting to support their country or business in general to take some time, watch the videos, and cast their vote.\u201d
 
The European Business Awards<\/strong> was created to recognize and promote business success and support the development of a stronger business community throughout Europe. Additional sponsors and partners of the Awards include ELITE, the UKTI and PR Newswire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 2014\/15 competition, all EU member markets were represented plus Turkey, Norway, Switzerland, Serbia and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Their combined revenue exceeded \u20ac1.5 trillion, and together they generated profits of over 60 billion Euros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ENDS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

About<\/strong>\u00a0Rimac<\/strong>\u00a0Automobili<\/strong>
Rimac\u00a0Automobili\u00a0is a company that designs, engineers and produces high performance electric vehicles, powertrains and battery systems. Based in\u00a0Sveta\u00a0Nedelja, near Zagreb, Croatia\u00a0Rimac\u00a0Automobili\u00a0is a true success-story that started in a garage and grew into a globally recognized technology leader, built upon the passion and vision of the company\u00b4s team lead by the Founder and CEO Mate\u00a0Rimac.
Rimac\u00a0holds 5 Guinness World Records for the fastest accelerating electric car. We have developed and produced the world\u2019s first electric supercar \u2013 the Concept_One. A car with 4 electric motors, 1088 HP and the unique\u00a0Rimac\u00a0All Wheel Torque Vectoring system that gives it superior performance and safety. We have produced and sold\u00a0Greyp Bikes in more than 20 countries as well as engineered, built, tested and implemented\u00a0numerous\u00a0projects for other manufacturers – from autonomous cars, to bespoke prototypes in\u00a0record-breaking\u00a0time. In just 4 months we designed, engineered, built and tested an electric race car with 1500 HP for Nobuhiro\u00a0Monster\u00a0Tajima\u00a0which triumphed over petrol cars on the most important hill climb race in the world, the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in 2015.\u00a0Rimac\u00a0Automobili\u00a0created a unique battery system for the most powerful production car in the world \u2013 the Koenigsegg\u00a0Regera. We have also\u00a0introduced a new\u00a0Greyp Bike\u00a0G12S\u00a0and are\u00a0currently\u00a0developing the propulsion system for an innovative electric watercraft.
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About the European Business Awards<\/strong>
The European Business Awards\u2019 primary purpose is to support\u00a0the development of\u00a0a stronger and more successful business community throughout Europe.
The European Business Awards program serves the European business community in three ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n