As long as the automobile industry has been around, petrol cars have been ruling the roost. The V6s, V8s, and V12s thought they would endlessly rule the modern-day supercar. However, electric vehicles have always been threatening to break the command of petrol engines over the industry.
Now, there are so many electric supercars that are regularly competing, and even managing to beat some of the best modern-day supercars' money can buy. These cars owe this performance standard to the ability of electric powertrains!
The batteries that power these cars manage to generate an incredible amount of torque! Such massive amounts of torque mean that from a standstill, these cars can accelerate much faster than conventional petrol engines!
Such blistering performance doesn't come cheap, and some of these cars manage to cost eye-watering figures. Most of us will be able to ogle at these great cars! Here are the 15 sickest electric supercars you'll never afford.
15 Pininfarina H2 Speed - $2.5 Million
Four years ago, the Pininfarina H2 Speed was only a concept, and it blew the minds of petrolheads around the world. However, now it's a real car, and 12 of them are going to see production. The H2 Speed is powered by four electric motors that produce 653-horsepower, and a powered by a GreenGT hydrogen fuel cell!
14 Nio EP9 - $1.2 Million
The NIO EP9 is a project of a rapidly developing Chinese company by the name of NextEV. It's an exceptional looking car that makes use of modern aerodynamics. Powering the car are four electric motors that deliver 1 megawatt of power directly to the wheels. It zooms to 0-60mph in 2.6 seconds!
13 Aspark Owl - $3.2 Million
You'd normally expect Japan to come out with cutting edge technology. However, you'd still expect sensibility from them. The Aspark Owl completely flips that perception and is a crazy car. It can easily hit 60mph from a standstill in a breath-taking 1.69 seconds. This jaw-dropping performance is thanks to the four electric motors that make 1,985-horsepower!
12 Rimac's Concept Two - $2 Million
Rimac is one of the craziest new car manufacturers, and the Croatians definitely know how to make incredible cars. The Concept One was like nothing we've seen before, and Concept Two continues to carry on that tradition. It boasts an incredible 1,914-horsepower and reaches 0-60mph in 1.85 seconds! That's faster than it takes you to read this sentence!
11 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric - $544,000
The SLS AMG Electric was one of the first cars responsible for ushering in the electric supercar era, and boy does it make jaws drop. Each of the cars' four motors produces a 185 horsepower, and the total is more than that of even the most powerful petrol AMG! The result is a whitewash.
10 Rolls-Royce 103 EX - $550,000
If this is the future of luxury, then we're definitely looking forward to how fantastic things will be. The 103 EX is a representation of what the Rolls Royce 100 years in the future will look like! According to the legendary automaker, these cars will cater to every single design and custom feature drivers want!
9 Genovation GXE - $750,000
The Genovation GXE uses the body of a Corvette and makes a car that'll give any petrol supercar a run for its money. With 800-horsepower to burn, the GXE can go from 0-60mph in a blazing fast 3 seconds. It can also reach a top speed of 210mph; however, doing so will reduce your range!
8 Lotus Evija - $2.1 Million
Lotus's brilliant new electric supercar, the Evija, takes the possibilities of car performance and shatters them. For the $2.1 million, buyers shell out; they're getting almost 2000 horsepower. Only 130 models are going to hit the market, and they're a vehicle that'll turn heads! Lotus is expecting the car to buzz from 0-60mph in less than 3 seconds!
7 Quant Fe - $1.7 Million
As technology continues to get better, we're starting to see more and more futuristic concepts come to light. The nanoFlowcell Quant FE, is a 2-door supercar with a mid-mounted powerplant! The plant manages to produce a staggering 1075 horsepower for a car that weighs 2300kg. 0-60mph takes 2.7 seconds and the car reaches a top speed of 186mph!
6 Pininfarina Battista - $2.5 Million
Pininfarina is managing to come up with some brilliant vehicles, and the Battista is the most powerful road-legal car to come out in 2020. It's a beautiful looking thing, with one of the most beautiful front-ends in exotic car history! The battery pack produces 1900-horsepower and powers the Battista to a 0-60mph time of under two seconds.
5 Drako GTE - $1.25 Million
Not all supercars offer incredible performance and the capacity to seat more than two people but, the Drako GTE is an exception. It's a brilliant four-seater speed demon that takes offers a perfect balance of performance and comfort. The quad motor drivetrain manages to produce an incredible 1,200-horsepower and gets the car to a top speed of 206mph!
4 Dendrobium D1 - $1.5 Million
Electric cars are all the rage these days, and one of the hardest to pronounce names is Dendrobium. The D1 is going to be a proper performance car that will offer drivers incredible performance. It reaches 0-60mph in 2.6 seconds and blazes to a speed above 200mph! It helps that the D1 is also a very pretty car.
3 Hispano Suiza Carmen - $1.7 Million
Hispano Suiza is a name with a lot of racing heritage, and it is back in the form of the Carmen. It's electric motors manage to produce 1100-horsepower. All this power propels the car to 60mph in 2.6 seconds flat, and it can manage to reach a top speed of a 180mph
2 Elextra Electric Supercar - $445,000
The Swiss usually know how to do things right and the Elextra Electric Supercar is a brilliant supercar. It takes a lot of design inspiration from Lamborghini and the Honda NSX. However, in terms of performance, it's a class apart. 0-60mph is going to a jaw-dropping 2.2 seconds!
1 Roland Gumpert Nathalie - $445,000
Cars are starting to become more innovative, and the Roland Gumpert Nathalie is unique. It's the only electric car that's powered by a methanol fuel cell, giving it over 500 miles of range! It's blisteringly fast as well, capable of accelerating from 0-60mph in 2.5 seconds. It's right up there with the Lamborghini's and Ferrari's of today!