Fastest electric cars in 2025

It's fair to say that it was the Tesla Model S that started off the whole performance electric car craze. First launched in 2012, the Model S has come a long way since then with the fastest incarnation scoring countless YouTube hits beating various Lambos and Ferraris away from the lights.

Early models are still pretty potent, but the Model S has received multiple updates over the years to make it faster still. That's culminated in the 2024 Tesla Model S Plaid: a big electric saloon car with 1020PS and an alleged 0-60mph time of just under two seconds. It'll even do up to 200mph, Tesla claims.

That three-motor all-wheel-drive system means stomach-churning acceleration, yet the 373-mile range is still among the longest of any electric car sold today. 

Those are the good bits. The bad? Well the main one is that Tesla isn't quoting a price, but expect it to be well over £100,000. Happily, if that's a bit rich for you, even the standard dual motor model does 0-60 mph in 3.1 seconds, which is hardly sluggish. 

Let’s face it, if Porsche – that last bastion of internal combustion-engined racers - is making an all-electric sports car, then we can all sleep soundly knowing the future is really here.

The Porsche Taycan is a stunning car and what makes it stand out from everything else, even the Teslas of this world, is that it is very much a Porsche first and an electric car second. In other words, it has all the feel and character of a Porsche, but it just so happens to have an electric motor rather than petrol engine.

Eschewing the trend for SUVs, the Taycan is a four-door saloon that rivals the much-in-demand Tesla Model 3. It's blisteringly quick, too. Not long ago, the top-of-the-range version was the Turbo S, with 952PS and 0-62mph in 2.4 seconds. However, that's now been superseded by the Turbo GT, which when fitted with something called a Weissach Package (whatever that is), gets 1034PS, trimming the 0-62mph sprint time to an even more staggering 2.2 seconds.

Based on the same platform as the mighty Porsche Taycan, the e-tron GT is Audi's take on a luxurious electric saloon car. Not only does it compete against the Taycan, but the e-tron GT is also designed to tempt potential buyers away from the likes of the Tesla Model S. That means it needs to be quick, and all versions are, but the most potent version, the hot RS e-tron GT Performance model, is blisteringly so. Capable of launching to 62mph in just 2.5 seconds thanks to a power output of up to 925PS, plus it'll cover up to 365 miles between charging stops. Not at that pace, though, obviously...

It's also very practical as well, with a big 350-litre boot and space for four adults. It's not cheap at more than £140,000, but that's likely to be less than a Tesla S Plaid. You get Audi's lovely build quality as well, plus a more typical ownership experience. 

It's been quite a few decades since MG dealt in glamorous open-topped sports cars, but the Cyberster shows that the good old British firm, now run by the Chinese, hasn't forgotten how to make a headline-grabbing-, scene-stealing-, and thoroughly desirable convertible.

With its swoopy lines and scissor doors, the Cyberster has all the visual theatre you'd want your sportscar to have, even if the handling is more suited to grand touring than it is to backroad blasting. And it certainly has the pace befitting of a sports car. The range-topping Trophy model has 510PS, which allows it to scurry from 0-62mph in 3.2 seconds.

If you need a little more practicality than a two-seat, two-door convertible sports car can provide, but you still want an EV with exceptional sprinting ability, then MG still has you covered with the MG4 XPower. This five-door, five-seat hatchback will do the same dance in  just 3.8 seconds.

You might look at the Mercedes-Benz EQE and assume it's a cosseting, wafty electric car built for cruising. And it is, but add the three letters 'AMG' into the name, and things step up a notch.

The Mercedes-AMG EQE 53 takes the refined recipe and adds a dose of raw chilli, or in other words, a dual-motor powertrain that makes up to 686PS (in the overboost function that comes with the AMG Dynamic Plus package). Even without the overboost function, it'll get from 0-60mph in 3.5 seconds, but that drops to 3.3 seconds with it fitted. 

The top speed is a much more modest 149mph, but why go any faster when you'll obliterate your range? Speaking of which, the 90.6kWh battery translates to a range of up to 321 miles. Super-strong regenerative braking helps, but less aggressive drive models also reduce the total power output.

Mercedes-AMG has also tweaked the EQE 53's suspension to boost agility, which given that it weighs 2.6 tonnes, is essential. Sure, it's not a hardcore tyre-shredder, but tidy handling combines with supreme refinement, tech and comfort. 

Did you expect to find a Hyundai in P6 on this list? No? Well, behold the amazing Hyundai Ioniq 5 N. It may be a battery-powered midsize Korean hatchback, but it's one that's packing some serious performance chops.

Ordinarily, the twin electric motors give you a combined power output of 609PS, which is the kind of number that was exclusive to Ferraris and McLarens just a few short years ago. However, push a button marked 'N Grin Boost', and your output is hiked all the way up to 650PS for a ten-second period, whereupon the car becomes capable of seeing off the 0-62mph dash in just 3.4 seconds, before rushing onto a top speed of 162mph. That's one very quick way of taking your kids to school. Or of making your dog violently sick.

We love the regular Kia EV6. It's been a revelation for the Korean brand, which is known for affordable and practical cars such as the Kia e-Niro, but the Korean firm has made a genuinely desirable, high-tech and striking EV with the EV6.

That's not all, though, because it's fast. Even the 'mid-spec' all-wheel-drive model puts out 325PS, which is enough for 0-62mph in 5.2 seconds. Its range is a chunk less than the entry-level rear-wheel drive model, but at around 260 miles, it's still pretty good given its price. 

If that isn't enough for you, Kia responded in 2022 with the EV6 GT. It puts out a massive 585PS through dual electric motors, enough for a 0-62mph time of 3.5 seconds. A Kia that's nearly as quick as a supercar? That's something we certainly didn't expect to see a decade ago. It's fun to drive down your favourite backroad, too, just like all versions of the EV6 are.

It might be a small, unassuming-looking SUV, but that doesn't mean that the new Volvo EX30 can't pack a serious punch. Yes, it's also available in more humble single-motor form, but at the very pinnacle of the range sits the Twin Motor Performance variant, which as the name suggests, gets an additional motor on the front axle to deliver vastly more power, along with four-wheel drive.

How much more power? Well, while the single-motor cars have a still-very-healthy 275PS, the Twin Motor Performance packs a whopping 434PS, and that's enough to rifle the car from 0-62mph in just 3.6 seconds. Its 69kWh battery also carries enough juice to take you 279 miles between fill-ups, according to official WLTP figures.

Proudly sporting the famous Mustang badge, the Mach-E requires a serious amount of oomph if it's going to live up to its name. Fortunately it's got just that, with the Mach-E GT packing 487PS and 830Nm of torque from its dual-motor setup. That's enough to catapult it to 62mph in just 3.6 seconds. 

The Mustang Mach-E GT features an 91kWh extended-range battery for a pure-electric driving range of up to 320 miles, which should help convince even die-hard petrolheads that the new-era Mustang is more appealing than ever.  

If you want to travel further, the standard Mustang Mach-E is available with an extended-range battery and all-wheel drive. This accelerates to 62mph in 5.1 seconds yet has an official range of up to 335 miles.

BMW has been rapidly expanding its stable of electric car offerings in recent years, with several models now coming in all-electric form, and the i7 luxury limousine is, believe it or not, the fastest of the lot. Well, it is alongside the iX SUV, which has an identical 0-62mph spring time of 3.7 seconds, but we've chosen to include the i7 here because, to our eye, it's not quite so hideous to look at. Quite...

For this level of performance, you need the top-of-the-range M70 xDrive version of the i7, which has two electric motors punting out a combined 659PS. That level of power is enough to get something even this big and heavy moving at a properly serious rate of knots. And sitting in such an enormous object going at that kind of speed is quite the experience: it feels like it's not going to stop until either you lose your nerve, or you hit something big. Like Swindon...