Lotus Evija smashes Autocar records

LONDON: The Lotus Evija recently smashed a series of records in the definitive Autocar Road Test.

The all-electric hypercar shattered multiple acceleration records, recording the quickest time for a 0-200mph sprint and covering a standing quarter-mile and kilometre faster than any car previously.

The Evija was put through Autocar’s definitive, industry-leading road test, in which it outpaced all competitors in key acceleration metrics.

The Evija is in many respects the fastest car yet to undergo the test since it was first established in April 1928.

From 100-150mph, the Evija is nearly three seconds faster than any hypercar previously tested by Autocar, and from 150-200mph, it extends that advantage to five seconds.

The Evija accelerates from 150-180mph in just 2.7 seconds – the same time it takes a typical high-performance saloon to go from 60-90mph.

The Evija also becomes only the third road-legal production car Autocar has timed from rest all the way to 200mph during road test benchmarking.

Impressively, it reached that milestone well within a standing kilometre, leaving plenty of room for braking within a standing mile and hitting its 217.4mph limiter inside of a distance within which the very fastest cars can typically hit ‘only’ 180mph.


Autocar road test editor Matt Saunders said: “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.”

Hall of fame: Evija smashes Autocar 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