BONUS: The Top 10 Fastest EVs Ranked

EV News Daily - Technology and Business of EVs

Martyn Lee

Technology, Leisure, Automotive, Business

4.8 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back to EV News Daily. Today, just for fun, we’re looking at the world of EV hypercars, and how the shift to EV has turned the established world order on its head.

The electric vehicle revolution has reached its apex in the hypercar segment, where manufacturers are pushing the boundaries of speed, power, and engineering excellence.

German manufacturers, while maintaining their reputation for engineering precision and build quality, face significant challenges in matching the raw performance metrics achieved by their Chinese competitors.

With manufacturers from Japan, Croatia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom also contributing unique solutions to the electric hypercar segment. This global redistribution of high-performance electric vehicle manufacturers represents a democratization of automotive technology that was previously concentrated in traditional automotive manufacturing centres.

So let’s get into our Top 10 Countdown. Plus stay tuned, because I’ll even give you a bonus one at the end, which some people might argue shouldn’t even be on the list.

Lotus Emeya – 159 mph (256 km/h)
Porsche Taycan Turbo GT Weissach – 190 mph (305 km/h)
Nio EP9 – 194 mph (313 km/h)
Maserati GranTurismo Folgore – 202 mph (325 km/h)
Lucid Air Sapphire – 205 mph (330 km/h)
Pininfarina Battista – 222–225 mph (358 km/h)
Lotus Evija – 217 mph (349 km/h)
Rimac Nevera R – 268.2 mph (431.45 km/h)
Aspark Owl SP600 – 273 mph (438.7 km/h)
Yangwang U9 Track Edition – 293.54 mph (472.41 km/h)

The success of previously unknown manufacturers in achieving world-class performance levels indicates that electric vehicle adoption may create opportunities for new industry leaders while challenging established automotive hierarchies.

As electric vehicle technology continues advancing, the current performance achievements represent merely the beginning of a new era in automotive engineering, where traditional limitations of internal combustion engines no longer constrain vehicle performance and where global competition for technological supremacy is reshaping the fundamental structure of the automotive industry.

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