The electric vehicle trend has sparked a new horsepower war. Manufacturers are constantly striving to be number one with the fastest and most powerful electric cars on the road.
The latest electric car models are racing to deliver unbelievably fast acceleration and a stunning spec sheet. However, a group of German students were able to make an electric car go 0-100 km/h (62 mph) in just 1,461 seconds.
The fastest electric car’s time toppled the previous record by almost a tenth of a second faster. The student-built vehicle produces 1,750 horsepower per tonne and a peak acceleration power of 2.5G.
GreenTeam, a group of 20 German students from the University of Stuttgart, set the record for the fastest accelerating electric vehicle. The title was brought back to Germany after teams from the Netherlands and Switzerland “seized” the last few years.
The world’s fastest electric car is made of carbon and weighs under 145 kilograms (319 pounds). Its electric powertrain produces 180 kilowatts (241 horsepower). The car runs with four-wheel drive (4WD).
No wonder the car is able to accelerate like a Saturn rocket leaving the launch pad. The team even revised the battery pack so that the electric car could go fast.
Not that the production of the fastest electric car is easy. The team had failed. In July 2022, the driver crashed the car during a test run and skidded into a pile of tires. GreenTeam then fixed it, but a technical problem arose so that the processing time was delayed. Three weeks later, GreenTeam broke the record on September 23, 2022.
