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► We list the quickest-accelerating EVs
► Spoiler alert: they’re faster than ICE cars!
► The fastest electric cars dip under two seconds
These days, electric supercars are the performance kings. It seems we can’t go a week without at least one manufacturer releasing a new electric car with a ludicrously quick 0–62mph time – and now, the best electric cars are nipping at the heels of Formula One racers.
Tesla is a prime example of the rate of progress in the performance EV world. Just when we though the Model S couldn’t get any faster, Elon Musk*unveiled a*new variant with the automotive equivalent of warp drive*to smash the previous car’s acceleration times into obscurity.
Because electric motors deliver their torque instantly (unlike a petrol engine which needs to climb into the upper echelons of the rev-counter before delivering its peak torque), it’s quite easy to make an electric car accelerate quickly.
Even a run-of-the-mill family car like the Kia EV6 (which is one of our best electric SUVs) can get from 0–62mph in around five seconds. That was hot hatchback territory a few years ago, and supercar levels of performance a couple of decades ago. Today’s pure-electric hypercars can tackle the sprint in less than two seconds!
Below, we’ve compiled a list of the fastest electric cars that are either on sale now or will be in the very near future, ordering them according to their 0*–62mph (or 0–60mph) times. We’ve also included a couple of electric prototype race cars that you can’t buy, but which have deeply impressive performance figures. Buckle up…
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