We rank the fastest electric cars in the world► Spoiler alert – they’re much quicker than petrol cars► The fastest can get from 0–62mph in under two seconds Electric supercars are the new speed kings.

For some, like Bentley and Aston Martin, these are extravagant low-volume cars that build on previous high-quality engineering, but others, like McLaren and Ferrari, announced new halo models that are ...