It's been suggested that the first car race occurred right after the second car was built. Competition and one-upmanship are undeniably intertwined in car culture, and that includes EVs. Like the V-12 and W-16 internal-combustion engines of the past few decades, the quad-motor EV evolution
is now the standard-bearer for excessive power in the electric sphere. Rivian was the first to bring a commercially viable quad-motor EV to market in 2022, with Rimac also debuting one in very limited numbers.