WOW fast!

Here is a link to a page with a video of the X1 electric race car. It is a proof of concept vehicle.

They pit it against a Ferrari and a Porsche GT in 2 1/4 mile drag races. The Ferrari race was from a stand-still and the electric car womps it so bad it isn't even in the screen... just demolished it! The Porsche had a rolling start and the electric car still beat.

Electric motors generate enormous amounts of torque, which, ultimately is more important than horsepower in racing (at least in acceleration).