Key Takeaways
- Mate Rimac confirms he P3 Robotaxi will be revealed on June 26.
- Project 3 Mobility’s self-driving vehicle won’t be an SUV but a hatchback, unrelated to the Nevera supercar brand.
- Rimac stays confident despite tech pushback against robotaxis, partnering with Kia for a long-term strategy.
Bugatti-Rimac CEO Mate Rimac has posted a short teaser video on Instagram and Facebook, and it appears to be a preview for the robotaxi he promised would debut sometime this year. The silhouette of the vehicle confirms that it’s a hatchback of some sort and, therefore, completely unrelated to the Nevera supercar. In fact, even the branding of the vehicle won’t call the hypercar manufacturer to mind as it will operate under the banner of Project 3 Mobility.
Rimac says that the project has been in development for the last five years and will finally be unveiled in June, which is starting to look like a busy month for the Croatian inventor and CEO after he confirmed the Chiron reveal for the same month.
Design May Be Inspired By Sci-Fi
The teaser post confirms very little besides that the new arrival will touch down on the 26th of June, but it does give us some clues that may be telling. Among them is a portrait of the visionary futurist, poet, and author Jules Verne. As some commentators have pointed out in the comments section of the same post, the shape teased here is not dissimilar to that of the self-driving Johnny Cab robotaxi that Arnold Shwarzenegger’s Quaid hails in Total Recall (1990).
These factors all seem to confirm a self-driving shuttle of some sort, along with a futuristic design. We’re hopeful that it ultimately won’t be as wedgy as the Cybertruck and the Johnny Cab, but what’s more fascinating is that Project 3 Mobility is confident about launching a robotaxi in 2024. Given the pushback that the in-development tech has faced in recent months, one might expect the company to scale back its ambitions for the year.
Definitely Not An SUV
The self-driving project that Rimac is a part of is also supported by Kia, so this won’t be an experimental flash in the pan. As Mate says, this is a project that has been in the works for half a decade. What remains to be seen is just how far the concept has been developed. When June 26 rolls around, will Rimac give us a full reveal or simply a design debut?
Whatever the robotaxi is capable of, Rimac has previously confirmed that it will never build an SUV, and we doubt P3 will launch something that big just yet either. Whatever the case, we expect more details to follow in the coming weeks and months ahead of a robotaxi rollout in Croatia’s capital of Zagreb in 2026.
