Lotus Evija: The Electric Dragon That Burned Veyron, Plaid and the Rest Off the Tarmac

In a no-holds-barred road test conducted by Britain’s oldest car magazine, Autocar, the Lotus Evija obliterated a series of performance benchmarks, redefining what an electric hypercar can do. With a blistering 0–200 mph in just 13 seconds and a 0–150 mph sprint in 7.7, the Evija now sits in a category where rivals simply cease to exist.

This 2,013-horsepower, £2 million, four-motor electric marvel didn’t just humble the likes of Tesla’s Model S Plaid or the Lamborghini Revuelto—it left legends like the Bugatti Veyron and McLaren F1 in its electric dust.

The Evija isn’t merely fast. It’s faster than anything else in the very zones where Bugatti once set the gold standard. And yet, Lotus isn’t chasing track dominance or absurd top speeds. Instead, its focus is laser-sharp: the nine seconds it takes to conquer a quarter mile, the 13 seconds to hit 322 km/h.

Autocar summed it up neatly: if the Veyron raised the performance bar by 21% back in 2011, the Evija has now nearly doubled it.

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