Here are the 10 fastest electric cars in the world in 2023

Numerama was able to try the Model S plaid for a weekend. And we did not miss the opportunity to chain the strong accelerations to test its 1,020 power horses – divided between three engines. In Dragster mode (which cannot be used everywhere, or anytime), the Tesla sedan can reach 100 km/h in 2.1 seconds (Space Mountain reaches only 70 km/h on this lap of time). It’s breathtaking … and in terms of hypercars – overpriced cars focused on performance.

412 km/h: the rimac nevera becomes the fastest standard electric car in the world

The Rimac will not between today in history by becoming the fastest standard electric vehicle in the world with a maximum speed of 412 km/h.

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After 1.6 million hours of development and hundreds of simulations made in the laboratory, the Croatian manufacturer Rimac has just exploded a historic record for electric cars: reaching the maximum speed of 412 km/h, without the slightest modification or Other settings than those present on the car when it comes out of the factory.

If this feat could quite be considered useless, it still shows that electric sports cars will have something to satisfy the appetite of the most passionate and. wealthy.

To bring down this record, the Rimac nevera is equipped with four electric motors, one per wheel, developing a combined power of 1914 hp and 2360 nm of torque. A one -floor gearbox connects the front and rear wheels. The engines are powered by a 730-volt lithium-nickel battery with a capacity of 120 kWh allowing it a range of 550 km WLTP. The Rimac nevera tolerates a load capacity of 300 kW and goes from 0 to 80 % in less than 30 min. 0 to 100 km/h is shot in 1.9 s.

Behind the wheel was Miro Zrnčević, the Rimac test and development pilot chief. The manufacturer’s team specifically sought an oval with straight lines long enough to reach the maximum speed of the Nevera, and finally opted for the Testing Papenburg Automotive Circuit in Germany, with two straight lines of 4 km. The installations where it is possible to reach speeds over 400 km/h are very rare, the cars reaching such speeds being just as.

The Nevera has been set to its maximum speed mode, creating an aerodynamic profile that balances the drag and the descending force to ensure high -speed stability. Equipped with Michelin Cup 2R tires approved for the road, and under the supervision of a Michelin technician responsible for verifying their condition, the race for the record was able to take place.

However, it should be noted that this kind of record will not be reproducible by the 150 customers who will have spent the 2 million euros requested (!) without the manufacturer’s prior consent and on a specifically suitable track. In any case, the Croatian manufacturer offers itself an advertising that will be a date, since the nevera becomes both the standard car with the fastest acceleration in the world but also and the most velloing electric vehicle.

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Here are the 10 fastest electric cars in the world in 2023

You are looking for the fastest electric car ? Our selection brings together several vehicles tested by our editorial staff capable of shooting 0 to 100 km/h as quickly as possible.

The three fastest electric cars

Taycan Cross Turismo

• 0 to 100 km/h in 2.9 seconds
• Embedded technologies
• Very comfortable

• The most expensive

• The fastest 0 to 100 km/h
• Its inner comfort
• Embedded technologies

• Very expensive

• 0 to 100 km/h in 3.3 seconds
• SUMMER Sports design
• Good finishes

• Very very expensive

In this selection, the goal is not to encourage you to become a Sébastien Loeb in power on the road. Firstly because it is prohibited for your safety and that of others, but also because that is not the subject of our selection. Here, it is the electric cars making the fastest km/h that interest us.

What is the point of making a fastest electric cars comparison in this strict category ? Simply because this standard has now become an agreement in vehicle tests to give you an idea of ​​the deployed power. Even if this value is a bit vague for the neophyte, it allows you to be fun to understand. The more short, the more powerful, the car,.

If ever before making your purchase, you want to make an inventory of the market, we recommend reading our guide for the best electric cars of 2023. In the preamble to your purchase, those who wish to secure their acquisition, we have a paper bringing together the best GPS tracers for car. Of course, our selection includes cars that our editorial staff was able to test, even for a few moments.

The fastest electric car classification

Car model	0 to 100 km/h
Tesla Model S Plaid	2.1 seconds
Lucid Air Grand Touring Performance	2.5 seconds
Tesla Model X Plaid	2.6 seconds
Porsche Taycan Turbo S	2.8 seconds
Lotus Evija	3 seconds
Tesla Model S	3.2 seconds
Tesla Model 3 Performance	3.3 seconds
Audi RS e-tron GT	3.3 seconds
MERCEDES EQE 53 4MATIC+	3.3 seconds

Tesla Model S Plaid (2022) The fastest standard electric car

• The fastest 0 to 100 km/h
• Its inner comfort
• Embedded technologies

• Very expensive

You are familiar to the universe of electric cars, you could not miss Tesla vehicles. The American manufacturer is a real reference in this area with more advanced technology. Among the most powerful models, the Tesla Model S plaid is distinguished. It is the luxury -oriented sedan of the catalog.

In terms of power, the brand displays a 0 to 100 km/h reached in 2.1 seconds with a development of 1020 horsepower. Overall, in terms of driving, the Model S Plaid offers the best available services. You are even entitled to a fairly impressive theoretical autonomy with a displayed figure of 600 kilometers.

On board, the infotainment system is always one of the most successful on the market. Which allows you to have a most efficient journey planner. If the car was only reserved for the American public, it arrived in France. If it has been the fastest ever produced, it is now preceded by Pininfarina Battista.

What are the 100 % electric cars that speed up the fastest ?

The Tesla Model S Plaid is capable of accelerating 0 to 100 km/h in 2.1 seconds thanks to its dragster mode. It is currently the fastest 100 % electric car in the world.

Numerama was able to try the Model S plaid for a weekend. And we did not miss the opportunity to chain the strong accelerations to test its 1,020 power horses – divided between three engines. In Dragster mode (which cannot be used everywhere, or anytime), the Tesla sedan can reach 100 km/h in 2.1 seconds (Space Mountain reaches only 70 km/h on this lap of time). It’s breathtaking … and in terms of hypercars – overpriced cars focused on performance.

La Model S Plaid is not the only 100 % electric car to offer dizzying acceleration as soon as you press the pedal. A 100 % electric engine, unlike a thermal block, has this particularity of being able to offer all the torque – the traction power – from the first seconds. What BMW perfectly sums up: ” It is more precisely the immediate availability of the electric motor torque when the gases are put, or rather when the current is injected, which characterizes the electric motor efficiency. »With the maximum couple at start -up, a 100 % electric car can therefore make dazzling departures.

Honorable mentions ::

• Model Y Performance: 3.7 s;
• Ford Mustang Mach-E GT: 3.7 s;
• MERCEDES-AMG EQS 53 4MATIC+: 3.8 s;
• BMW IX M60: 3.8 s;
• Tesla Model X: 3.9 s;
• Model 3 Large autonomy: 4.4 s;
• Volvo C40 Twin recharge: 4.7 s.

Note that we have decided to exclude 100 % electric cars that will never be produced on a large scale. Thus, racing cars like the Aspark Owl (1.69 s), the Pininfarina Battista (1.86 s), the Rimac Nevera (1.97 s) or the Nio EP9 (2.7 s) are faster than The Tesla Model S plaid. But none of these cars is a car that can be crossed on the roads, sold at a price certainly expensive, but generally public.

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