Say hello to the world's fastest EV: £2.5m electric hypercar clocked at 272.61mph
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If you thought Teslas were quick, check out the new fastest electric car in the world.
The Aspark Owl, a battery-powered hypercar, has just set a new record for the highest speed clocked by an EV you can legally drive on the road.
The £2.5million Japanese two-seater recently obliterated the previous EV speed record of 258mph (415kph) after being officially measured travelling at an eye-watering 272.61mph (438.73 kph).
(This is the Aspark Owl SP600 and it is now the world's fastest EV: The £2.5million battery-powered Japanese hypercar has just clocked a monumental 272.61mph)
The Aspark Owl SP600 achieved the record at the Automotive Testing Papenburg (ATP) track in Germany on Saturday (8 June).
The German test track is made up of an oval circuit 7.6 miles long with four lanes.
The two straights are 2.5 miles long while the pair of banked curves are 1.3 miles each and have an incline angle of 49.7 degrees. This makes it possible to negotiate curves at speeds of up to 155mph without lateral forces.
The Owl SP600 has taken the previous record from the Rimac Nevera, which had held the crown since November 2022 and also boasts a number of other EV bests, including the fastest speed in reverse.
Masanori Yoshida, CEO of Osaka-based Aspark, said: 'It has been about 10 years since we started working on the Owl Hypercar.
'We aimed for the World's fastest accelerating car, then attempted and achieved the top speed world records today with our new hypercar Owl SP600.
(Aspark CEO Masanori Yoshida at the Automotive Testing Papenburg (ATP) track in Germany where the Owl SP600 set a new record top speed for an EV)
(Produced in extremely limited numbers (originally said to be just 50), the Owl uses a 'bespoke lithium-ion battery system')
(The German test track is made up of an oval circuit 7.6 miles long with four lanes. The two straights are 2.5 miles long while the pair of banked curves are 1.3 miles each and have an incline angle of 49.7 degrees.)
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