Here are six electric hypercars the Porsche Mission X needs to beat

Easily the best looking electric hypercar, and the one that should prove they can be fun to drive. Announced four years ago, the 130 cars are just starting to be delivered... 2,011bhp from quad motors promises 0–186mph in 9.1secs – a tenth faster than the Rimac Nevera.

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More eagle than owl, the Aspark is the oldest of these six, first announced in 2017. The plan is a production run of 50, each costing around £2.5 million. It’s Japanese, but built in Italy. Claims 0–186mph in 10.6secs. Sluggish. This one looks the least likely to succeed.

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The only one on this list you can currently buy. And likely to have direct influence on the Mission X (although perhaps less so than it did on the Pininfarina Battista). Mind-bending speed: 0–62mph in 1.8secs, 0–100mph in 3.2 and capable of 256mph. Uses quad motors and a single speed gearbox, generates 1,914bhp. Just 150 will be built.

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It’s now six years since the Roadster was announced and the once record breaking performance claims (0–100mph in 4.2) have already been outstripped by the Nevera. Features a 200kWh battery, and will be the cheapest of this lot, costing around £200,000. If it ever materialises...

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There's quad motors for the Ariel Hipercar too, but ‘only’ 1,180bhp. It’ll keep up because it’s lighter, using a battery a quarter the size of the Tesla’s. That’s charged by a range extender – a jet engine on the back deck. Yeah, seriously. Still fast too, claiming 0–60mph in 2.0secs and 100mph in about 4.0secs.

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The track-only production version of the Goodwood record breaking marvel – 100 cars at £984k each. Tiny, held on the ground by giant fans, and promises a better than 1:1 power to weight ratio of <1,000kg:1,000bhp. Deliveries start in 2025. 

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