The all-electric Lotus Evija has set new records during its Autocar Road Test. During the test, it outpaced everything tested previously, including the McLaren F1 and the Bugatti Veyron.
Customer deliveries of the Evija have started, so Autocar put it through its comprehensive performance evaluation. The result was record-breaking acceleration times and earning the title of one of the fastest production cars ever tested.
The Evija is now the fastest car Autocar has timed from 0-200mph since the test began in 1928. Incredibly, it can reach 217.4mph within just a kilometre. Most of its rivals can only reach around 180mph over the same distance. It’s also faster than a Tesla Model S Plaid from 0-150mph.
From 100-150mph, the Evija is nearly three seconds quicker than any previous hypercar tested. From 150-200mph, it extends that lead to five seconds. The sprint from 150-180mph takes just 2.7 seconds. This is comparable to what a high-performance saloon takes to go from 60-90mph.
It’s also only the third road-legal production car to be timed from 0-200mph under real-world conditions.
“Hypercar makers some time back shifted their focus away from top speed as a distinguishing feature. Some have opted for outright circuit pace, but Lotus chose something powerful electric motors could be truly exceptional at: the 0-200mph, standing-kilometre drag-strip blast. In 2011, the Bugatti Veyron cut the standard for that, as verified by this magazine in 1994 with the McLaren F1, by 21%. In 2025, proportionally speaking, the Evija’s leap is twice that size.”
Matt Saunders, Autocar road test editor
Lotus Evija Records
0-150mph
- Lotus Evija (2025) – 7.7sec
- Tesla Model S Plaid (2023) – 9.4sec
- Lamborghini Revuelto (2024) – 10.0sec
- Bugatti Veyron Super Sport (2011) – 10.2sec
- Ferrari SF90 Stradale (2021) – 10.4sec
0-200mph
- Lotus Evija (2025) – 13.0sec
- Bugatti Veyron Super Sport (2011) – 22.2sec
- McLaren F1 (1994) – 28.0sec
Standing quarter-mile
- Lotus Evija (2025) – 9.5sec at 171.6mph
- Tesla Model S Plaid (2023) – 9.6sec at 152.1mph
- Lamborghini Revuelto (2024) – 9.9sec at 149.3mph
- Ferrari SF90 Stradale (2021) – 9.9sec at 146.8mph
- Bugatti Veyron Super Sport (2011) – 10.1sec at 147.9mph
Standing kilometre
- Lotus Evija (2025) – 16.2sec at 217.4mph
- Lamborghini Revuelto (2024) – 17.7sec at 186.6mph
- Ferrari SF90 Stradale (2021) – 17.9sec at 184.2mph
- Tesla Model S Plaid (2023) – 17.9sec at 158.5mph
- Bugatti Veyron Super Sport (2011) – 18.0sec at 183.4mph
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