What is the Fastest Electric Car? (2024)
Find Out The Top Speeds of Every Electric Car Available in the UK in 2024
As of January 2024, the fastest electric car in the world is the Rimac Nevera. It has a top speed of 258 mph, 1,914 BHP (brake horsepower) and can accelerate from 0-60 in just 1.85 seconds! Rimac will only build 150 examples and each will cost $2.3 million (£1.69 million).
The fastest accelerating electric car in the world is the Aspark Owl, which can accelerate from 0-60 in an eyewatering 1.69 seconds, with a top speed of 249 mph.
What is the Fastest Production Electric Car?
As of January 2024, the Tesla Model S and Model X are tied for the title of the fastest standard production car currently available in the UK. They have a top speed of 155 mph. The Model S can accelerate from 0-60 in just 3.1 seconds, while the Model X manages 0-60 in 3.8 seconds.
Both the Model S and Model X have a 'Plaid' upgrade available which increases their top speeds. For example, the Model S Plaid can hit 200mph. We're aware that other electric cars have high-performance trims that allow them to go faster than 155 mph, but we have only considered figures from the standard models throughout this article.
All Production Electric Car Top Speeds (UK)
All top speeds are for the standard version of every electric car available in the UK as of June 2024. Figures are sourced directly from the manufacturers as well as EV database & Parkers.
- Abarth 500e – 96 mph
- Audi e-tron - 118 mph
- Audi e-tron GT - 152 mph
- Audi Q4 e-tron - 99 mph
- BMW i4 - 118 mph
- BMW I5 - 119 mph
- BMW i7 - 149mph
- BMW iX - 124 mph
- BMW iX1 - 111 mph
- BMW iX3 - 111 mph
- BYD Dolphin – 99 mph
- BYD SEAL – 112 mph
- Citroën Ami - 28 mph
- Citroën ë-Berlingo - 84 mph
- Citroën ë-C4 - 93 mph
- Citroën ë-Spacetourer - 81 mph
- Cupra e-Born - 99 mph
- DS 3 Crossback E-Tense - 93 mph
- Fiat 500e - 93 mph
- Ford Mustang Mach-E - 112 mph
- Genesis G80 - 140mph
- Genesis GV60 - 124mph
- Genesis GV70 - 146mph
- Honda e - 90 mph
- Hyundai Ioniq 5 - 114 mph
- Hyundai Ioniq 6 - 115 mph
- Hyundai Kona Electric - 96 mph
- Jaguar I-Pace - 124 mph
- Jaguar I-Pace EV400 - 124 mph
- Kia e-Niro - 103 mph
- Kia EV6 - 114 mph
- KIA EV9 - 115 mph
- Kia Soul EV - 104 mph
- Lexus UX300e - 100 mph
- Maxus MIFA 9 – 112 mph
- Maxus eDeliver 3 - 75 mph
- Maxus eDeliver 9 - 62 mph
- Mazda MX-30 - 87 mph
- Mercedes-Benz EQA - 99 mph
- Mercedes-Benz EQB - 99 mph
- Mercedes-Benz EQC - 112 mph
- Mercedes-Benz EQE - 130 mph
- Mercedes-Benz EQS - 130 mph
- Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV - 130 mph
- Mercedes-Benz EQV - 99 mph
- MG ZS EV - 108 mph
- MG4 EV - 100mph
- MG5 EV - 115 mph
- MINI Electric - 93 mph
- Nissan Ariya - 99mph
- Nissan Leaf - 90 mph
- ORA Funky Cat - 99mph
- Peugeot e-2008 - 93 mph
- Peugeot e-208 - 93 mph
- Peugeot e-Rifter - 83 mph
- Peugeot e-Traveller - 81 mph
- Polestar 2 - 100 mph
- Polestar 3 - 130 mph
- Porsche Taycan - 143 mph
- Renault Kangoo Van e-Tech - 81 mph
- Renault Master e-Tech - 55mph
- Renault Megane e-Tech - 99mph
- Renault Zoe - 87 mph
- Škoda ENYAQ Coupe - 112 mph
- Škoda ENYAQ iV - 99 mph
- Smart fortwo EQ - 81 mph
- Subaru Solterra - 100mph
- Tesla Model 3 - 140 mph
- Tesla Model S - 155 mph
- Tesla Model X - 155 mph
- Tesla Model Y - 135 mph
- Toyota BZ4x - 99 mph
- Toyota Proace Electric - 81 mph
- Vauxhall Combo-e Life - 84 mph
- Vauxhall Corsa-e - 93 mph
- Vauxhall Mokka-e - 93 mph
- Vauxhall Movano Electric - 75 mph
- Vauxhall Vivaro-e Life - 81 mph
- Volkswagen ID.3 - 99 mph
- Volkswagen ID.4 - 99 mph
- Volkswagen ID.4 GTX - 112 mph
- Volkswagen ID.5 - 99 mph
- Volkswagen ID.Buzz - 90mph
- Volvo C40 Recharge - 112 mph
- Volvo EX30 – 112 mph
- Volvo EX90 - 112 mph
- Volvo XC40 Recharge - 99 mph
How Fast is a Formula E Car in Comparison?
Generation 1 Formula E cars (2014 - 2017) had a top speed of 140 mph. Generation 2 Formula E cars (2018 - Present) have a top speed of 174 mph.
This makes Formula E cars faster than every standard production electric car available in 2024.
How Fast Will Electric Cars Be Able to Go in the Future?
It’s easy to forget how young modern electric cars actually are. There wasn't a mass-produced EV until the mid-1990s and the technology is still developing rapidly. It took ICEs decades to achieve the speeds and levels of reliability modern electric cars manage and even longer to hit the staggering top speeds that hypercars are capable of.
It stands to reason that the top speed of EVs will follow the same trend.
As the technology continues to develop, their top speeds will continue to rise. Increased battery capacity, efficiency and other breakthroughs are just some of the factors that will help. As things stand, we don't know what speed the fastest electric car of the future will be able to reach. It may even be higher than the fastest ever ICE!
In essence, the sky really is the limit for the top speeds of electric cars. We're just waiting on the technology to develop to get us there.
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