Forget the Tesla Roadster: here are 20 EV sportscars on sale now (or coming soon)

Forget the Tesla Roadster: here are 20 EV sportscars on sale now (or coming soon)

Tesla’s just thrown a spanner into the EV sports car market - here’s everything else you need to consider first

Alpine A110 EV

Expected on sale: 2027

Can a car as utterly defined by its light weight as the Alpine A110 really work as an EV? Alpine reckons so, and we’re not far off finding out for ourselves, as the next generation of the connoisseur’s favourite sports car is due for reveal very soon ahead of it going on sale next year.

We’ve already seen a prototype whizzing its way up the Goodwood FoS hill with F1 driver Pierre Gasly behind the wheel, who seemed to be a fan, but then he is being paid to say nice things about it. Still, Alpine has made lots of positive noises about keeping weight down to around 1,400kg and giving it a traditional mid-engined sports car balance, so we’re cautiously optimistic about this one.

Advertisement - Page continues belowAlpine A310

Expected on sale: 2028

As part of its grand plan to become Porsche But French, Alpine is also planning a second, larger sports car sitting in the same sort of territory as the Porsche 911, with the proviso that it’ll be electric (although hybrid versions could end up happening, depending on demand) and we saw a frankly stunning 310 Vision concept car at the Paris Motor Show recently (just make that one, no changes, ta).

It’s set to revive the name of the A310, Alpine’s mega-wedgy ’70s sports car, and will sit on the same modular bonded aluminium chassis as the upcoming A110 EV. Coupe and convertible versions are in the pipeline, and it’s currently due to arrive in 2028.

Ariel Hipercar

Expected on sale: ?

We first heard of Somerset-based face rearranger Ariel’s plans to build an electric hypercar way back in 2017, and a prototype popped up in 2022 with looks that could charitably be described as ‘interesting’. They weren’t the biggest talking point, though. No, that would be the touted optional jet engine range extender.

TG had a very brief go in the prototype Hipercar (High Performance Carbon Reduction, hence the weird spelling), but things have been somewhat hushed on the project for the last few years. Somehow, though, we think the ship might have sailed on the originally announced 2019 launch date. Just a hunch.

Advertisement - Page continues belowAspark Owl

On sale: now

Designed in Japan and built in Italy, the Aspark Owl may have an odd name and a whiff of the cobbled-together styling of one of those forgotten chancer hypercar upstarts we got a lot of in the 2010s, but it’s already proven itself in the supercar arena. In 2024, it hit 273mph to become the fastest EV in the world (a record that’s since been broken by the Yangwang U9 Xtreme).

Packing 1,953bhp and capable of hitting 60mph in a quoted 1.7 seconds, production versions of the Owl have been trickling out since 2023, with a Roadster version unveiled in 2025. All in, 70 will be built, split between 50 coupes and 20 Roadsters.

Audi TT

Expected on sale: 2027

2025’s striking Audi Concept C had two purposes. One, provide a glimpse at Audi’s new, monolithic design language, which we’re first seeing in production form on the limited-production Nuvolari supercar; and two, preview an actual roadgoing electric sports car from the Ingolstadt brand.

The recently-departed TT has been repeatedly namechecked as a major inspiration for the new model, although whether it actually ends up with that name when it hits production in 2027 remains to be seen. Hopefully, the current mega-pickle the VW Group finds itself in won’t lead to Audi’s plans for this car changing.

Caterham Project V

Expected on sale: 2027

You’d think tiny Caterham, which has spent the last 53 years building the same lightly updated version of a 70-year-old car, would be the last company on earth to be thinking about going electric, but since its 2021 takeover by a Japanese automotive retail group, it’s had big ambitions.

They include a car currently known as the Project V, a pretty little coupe with typical mid-engined proportions but powered by an incredibly power-dense and relatively lightweight ‘e-axle’ developed by Yamaha, who know a thing or two about engineering clever powertrains. Like pretty much every in-development electric sports car, the Project V is running behind schedule, but running prototypes are now hard at work ahead of a potential 2027 launch.

Denza Z

Expected on sale: late 2026

Here’s something that’s a bit closer to reality than a camouflaged prototype or a cobbled-together concept, because the Denza Z is already on sale in its home market of China. That said, ‘sports car’ might be slightly underselling something with ONE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY TWO BRAKE HORSEPOWER.

A 2+2 coupe – think Porsche 911-sized, but with more than twice the power of a Turbo S – it’ll come in coupe, cabrio and hardcore Racing forms, and cost from £142,900 when it arrives in Britain later this year. It’ll also be compatible with parent company BYD’s ultra-rapid 1,500kW Flash charging. We’ve had a one-lap blast around Goodwood in one, and came away reasonably impressed. Whether it’ll be enough to convince anyone to part with 911 GTS money for an electric supercar from a brand they’ve never heard of is another matter.

Advertisement - Page continues belowHispano-Suiza Carmen

On sale: now

Credit to the unexpectedly reborn Spanish-Swiss (but now entirely Spanish) boutique car company Hispano-Suiza: it was one of the very first companies to actually get a full-on electric supercar on the road, delivering the first example of the 1,085bhp Carmen Boulogne in 2022. Can we give as much credit for the styling, which resembles a cross between a squished VW Beetle and an angry pigeon? Hmmm… Not for us, thanks.

Still, there are plenty of wealthy and extravagant people out there, so Hispano-Suiza presses on as presumably the only company in what it calls the ‘Hyperlux’ segment, most recently unveiling a more hardcore, 1,114bhp version of the Carmen called the Sagrera in 2024.

Lexus LFA

Expected on sale: 2027

Wield thine pitchforks, internet, because the Lexus LFA, a car known for its spine-tingling V10 wail, is coming back as an EV. Not so mad about the Ford Capri now, huh? Maybe it’s best to forget about the name and look at what’s being touted for this new halo car.

It’ll share its all-aluminium platform with the V8-powered Toyota GR GT, hence the long-bonneted grand tourer looks of the concept. Lexus promises a driver-centric product designed to win over the biggest of EV sceptics, but with the legacy of that name hanging heavy over it, it’ll have a heck of a task on its hands.

Advertisement - Page continues belowLongbow Roadster and Speedster

Expected on sale: TBC

A few cars on this list have claimed kerbweights that could be reasonably be called light for an EV, but this duo, from British startup Longbow, are just light full-stop. The Roadster (which isn’t a roadster at all, but a coupe) is said to weigh in at 995kg, and the limited-run, limited-windscreen Speedster is even slimmer at just 895kg.

Longbow was formed by a pair of engineers with years of EV experience between them, and has since welcomed former CEOs of McLaren, Alpine and Lotus, all of whom know a thing or two about lightweight sports cars. The promise of modest power and low weight might make this duo the most sports car-ish electric sports car on the horizon, although the windscreenless Speedster is still claimed to hit 62mph in a face-ruining 3.5 seconds.

Lotus Evija

On sale: now

At this point, the Lotus Evija presumably serves as a cautionary tale for anyone planning on launching an electric hypercar, or indeed any car company planning on going all-in on EVs. Unveiled in 2019, deliveries didn’t actually begin until late 2024 (not entirely Lotus’ fault, to be fair – 2020, anyone?).

By then, the game had moved on. The £2.4 million-ish, 2,011bhp Evija may have been the most powerful road car in the world at launch, but its 0-62mph time of ‘under three seconds’ no longer feels so impressive when a Porsche 911 Turbo S will now do it in 2.5 with three times less power and at a twelfth of the money. Arguably the right car at the wrong time, it might explain why Lotus has never actually confirmed whether all 130 of the planned units have been sold.

Maserati GranTurismo and GranCabrio Folgore

On sale: now

Another vestige of a since-abandoned ‘we’re going to electrify our entire range’ plan, the Maserati GranTurismo and GranCabrio Folgore are two of the biggest curios on the new car market.

When the GranTurismo coupe launched in 2023 (alongside a V6-powered equivalent), we named it ‘Best Electric GT’ in that year’s TG awards, which admittedly, would be a bit like the Oscars having a category named ‘Best Actor Named Timothée Chalamet’, but much like old Timmy himself, the Folgore twins can absolutely stand out on their own merit.

They’re pretty, comfortable and savagely quick (750bhp will do that). Unfortunately, though, their real-world efficiency is pants, and they’re an unquestionably tough sell when you could also buy one with a snarly V6.

McMurtry Spéirling Pure

On sale: now

TG has quite a strong affinity for the McMurtry Spéirling, partly because we love it when very clever people use their powers purely for the sake of having fun, and partly because nothing else this side of a Harrier Jump Jet has gone around Dunsfold quicker than the 55.9 seconds the Spéirling managed. That’s largely thanks to a gigantic underfloor fan that sucks the Spéirling to the ground, allowing it to cling to upside down surfaces like a massive, weird spider and take corners at speeds that our tiny minds can’t comprehend.

The Pure is the production-ready version, of which 100 will be sold at £995k a pop, and we sincerely hope anyone that’s put a deposit down is currently doing some serious neck training. It’s a track-only affair, because apparently, we live in such a nanny state now that you can’t even drive a 1,000bhp vacuum cleaner on public roads. It’s an outrage.

MG Cyberster

On sale: now

Right now, this is pretty much the only electric sports car you can buy if your name doesn’t begin with ‘M’ and end with ‘ark Zuckerberg’, and it’s… fine? Looks fantastic, no doubt about that, especially when you pull up to the function and open your Lambo-style doors, and we have to give it to MG’s new Chinese-owned incarnation for continuing the brand’s long history of two-seater roadsters.

Treat it as a laid-back, top-down cruiser for high days and holidays and it’s actually a very pleasant thing once you’ve silenced the usual overzealous Chinese-spec assistance systems, but try and drive it like a proper sports car, and some dynamic flaws – mainly its squishy ride and enormous weight – make themselves known.

Small Sports Car SC01

Expected on sale: spring 2027

And now for something completely different. The SC01 is a light(ish) 1,365kg, spaceframe-chassis’d electric sports car from China, where it’s already been on sale for over a year as the JMEV 01, but early next year, it’s coming to Britain, care of a new startup called the Small Sports Car Company (how they came up with that name, we’ll never know).

Specs? 429bhp, dual-motors, 0-62mph in 2.9 seconds, and 311 miles of range (admittedly on the very generous Chinese test cycle). It’ll also come with the ability to switch driven wheels on the fly, so you can choose if it’s AWD, RWD or if you’re feeling very strange, FWD. It’s a wildcard next to incoming heavyweights like the Alpine A110, Audi TT and Porsche 718, but if it’s good enough and beats them to the market, it has the potential to cause some upsets.

Pininfarina Battista and B95

On sale: now

Built with Croatian tech by a German-headquartered, Indian-owned spinoff of the legendary Italian design house, the Pininfarina Battista is a truly international effort. It packs an almighty 1,874bhp, is claimed to hit 60mph in under two seconds and 186mph in under 12, and will top out at 217mph. When we first drove it in 2021, we found it pretty spellbinding…

… and yet inevitably, Pininfarina seems to be struggling to shift all 150 planned units, with the company’s website still featuring an ‘Enquire to Own’ form five years later. There’s a reason outfits like Koenigsegg and Pagani currently won’t touch EVs with a bargepole. There’s also the 10-off B95, a roofless, windscreen-less barchetta version for people who want to find out what it feels like to have an insect impact their face at 200mph. Or, y’know, just don’t mind wearing a helmet.

Polestar 6

Expected on sale: TBC

From a sporty arm of Volvo to a separate maker of sporty electric cars, Polestar has always been, well… sporty. It’s still yet to build a proper sports car, though, but that should eventually change with the Polestar 6. It’s set to be a 2+2 roadster, sitting on a version of the aluminium chassis from the rather lovely new 5, and getting the same 872bhp maximum output, a recipe that should see it neatly rival the Maserati GranCabrio Folgore.

It was initially slated for a 2026 launch, but that’s been pushed back while Polestar focuses on cars that’ll actually make it money like a second-gen 2 and (sigh) more SUVs. If and when it does happen, we can expect it to look a lot like the gorgeous 2022 concept, given Polestar’s track record for mostly-intact concept-to-production transitions.

Porsche 718 EV

Expected on sale: 2027

Since they were first announced back in 2019, the development of the next-gen electric versions of the Porsche 718 Boxster and Cayman twins has experienced more ups and downs than Tigger on a trampoline. They’ve gone from happening but with hybrid versions alongside them, to happening as pure EVs only, to maybe not happening at all, to happening but with range-topping combustion models, to maybe not happening again, to finally, definitely happening. Probably.

It’s fair to say the last couple of years haven’t been all that easy at Porsche, or the VW Group as a whole, but the company appears to be sticking the course with the 718 EVs, potentially helped by the fact that their platform will get a second use on the production version of the Audi Concept C. Expect to see them in the next few months. Those halo combustion models (think the next GT4 and Spyder) are still likely to happen, though, to the disappointment of absolutely nobody.

Rimac Nevera

On sale: now

Mate Rimac is, without a doubt, one of the most talented, ambitious people in the car industry. He’s started his own hypercar company, reshaped people’s ideas of what EVs are capable of, helped put Croatia on the automotive and tech industry maps, launched a robotaxi company, and taken over as the big boss of Bugatti, all before the age of 40. Quite the CV.

The Nevera is quite the car, too: 1,888bhp, 340 miles of range but also 0-62mph in under 1.9 seconds (definitely not at the same time, mind), 258mph, and handling that defies physics, and also our internal organs’ ability to stay in the same place. And that’s before you consider the even more bonkers, 2,100bhp R version. It’s a sensational thing, but even it can’t overcome the harsh realities of the EV hypercar market, which is why at least some of the 150 planned units are still up for grabs.

Yangwang U9

On sale: now in China, TBC elsewhere

You’ve probably heard about the U9, whether it’s through its tricksy DiSus-X suspension that allows it to bunny hop its way over potholes, or through the absurd 2,978bhp Xtreme version that went and hit 308mph last year.

It comes from Yangwang, an upscale sub-brand of BYD whose primary purpose seems to be generating headlines more than actually selling cars, but if you live in China, you can buy a U9. Even in non-Xtreme form, you’re getting 1,288bhp out of four motors, one to drive each wheel, a 186mph top end and a 2.4-second 0-62mph time.

TG’s had a quick go in one, and found it to be fairly impressive, especially given it weighs an almighty 2.5 tonnes. Should it ever be sold outside China, it’ll likely face the same hurdles every other big money, big power electric megacar does, though: do people actually want cars like this?