Electric vehicles require energy, just like combustion engine vehicles, but only in this case it comes from batteries instead of gasoline, as well as a powerful electric motor.
EV buyers should know that four electric motors versus dual electric motors drastically change the overall performance of any battery electric car.
Top speed and acceleration are determined by how many engines there are and what these engines can do.
With competition being fierce between manufacturers striving to create the fastest electric production car, everyone wants to know who the top contenders are.
What is the fastest electric car and what is the difference between a fast car and a fast car?
Where fast refers to top speed, fast implies how fast you can hit the 60 mph mark.
So which electric cars make the cut? We dug into the numbers and have created this list of the ten fastest revving electric vehicles you can buy right now.
Not all of them are accessible to the average person, but the important thing is to know that they exist.
These are the 10 EVs with the fastest acceleration:
1. Rimac Fridge: 0-60 mph in 1.85 seconds
2. Pininfarina Battista: 0-60 mph in 1.89 seconds
3. Lucid Air Sapphire: 0-60 mph in 1.98 seconds
4. Tesla Model S: 0-60 mph in 2.3 seconds
5. Tesla Model X Plaid: 0-60 mph in 2.5 seconds
6. Porsche Taycan Turbo S: 0-60 mph in 2.4 seconds
7. Audi RS e-tron GT: 0-60 mph in 2.9 seconds
8. Tesla Model 3 Performance: 0-60 mph in 3.1 seconds
9. Rivian R1T: 0-60 mph in 3.2 seconds
10. Kia EV6 GT: 0-60 mph in 3.2 seconds
