Sorry, Tesla: The world’s fastest electric car is made in Croatia?

I'm Croatian... don't know about the rumor you mentioned (but apparently it wasn't such a huge controversy that I'd know about it :D)... however - Rimac cars apparently has some well known and public investors

http://www.rimac-automobili.com/press/rimac-automobili-close...

I didn't know about it, quick googling shows that his dad is not a mobster. He was however arrested and charged in a high scale corruption case and fraud [1] five years back and was also charged with tax fraud in Germany before that. Since then he was released on bail and in 2014 sentenced to three years an ten months of prison [2].

Mate said in an interview that is planning to return the loan he received from his dad [3]. Also that should not impair Mate's achievements.

[1] http://www.vecernji.hr/crna-kronika/ivan-rimac-opet-na-sudu-... [2] http://www.vecernji.hr/hrvatska/afera-sibinj-svi-proglaseni-... [3] http://www.vecernji.hr/automobili/mate-rimac-posudeni-novac-...