Here are the fastest electric cars for 2019

One of the advantages of buying an electric vehicle instead of a conventional internal combustion engine is that most produce a surprisingly fast acceleration.

Indeed, an electric motor instantly generates 100% of its available torque and maintains it over the entire power range. With a gasoline engine, the torque is produced on a curve, with less at the beginning and at the end, and the most important at the center. In addition, electric vehicles use a gearbox that improves performance by avoiding higher gears when the engine rpm increases.

As a result, when a person driving a VE pushes the accelerator pedal on the ground, the transition from the stationary position to the speed is both instantaneous and continuous.

Cars

In fact, one of the fastest of all standard cars (and whatever its price) is the Tesla Model S. The most powerful P100D version of the range with two electric motors and its foolish "Ludicrous" mode is good for a sprint from 0 to 100 km / h in a blurred landscape 2.4 seconds. Next year, the automaker's rebounding roadster is poised to beat the Model S in terms of staggering acceleration with a projected launch from 0 to 60 in a breathtaking 1.9 seconds and an extremely illegal top speed to 250 mph .

Among the best-selling electric vehicles in the country that do not wear a Tesla badge, the Chevrolet Bolt EV is taking the checkered flag from 6.5 to 60 mph, while the Nissan Leaf is completing it in 7.7 seconds. The new sports entries for 2019, the Audi e-tron and the Jaguar i-Pace, occupy the front of the pack with times of 0 to 60 km / h of 5.5 and 4.5 seconds respectively.

It is perhaps not surprising that the slowest battery-powered vehicle in 2019 – after 11.4 seconds to reach 100 km / h – is also the cheapest ($ 23,900) and the shortest ( 58 miles), namely the Smart EQ ForTwo.

In the slide show above, we present the seven fastest battery-powered runs for 2019 for those with both environmental concerns and the need for speed. All can reach 60 mph in less than seven seconds, which would have been respectable a few years ago for a sports coupe. From zero to 60 times cited are car manufacturers and other sources.

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