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Can the Lotus Emeya 900 dethrone the Porsche Taycan Turbo GT as our favourite fast EV with four doors?

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There's more than one way to cut a super fast electric saloon. There are two. You can follow Porsche's Taycan template, sling it low, build it lean and athletic. Or you can do a Tesla (so far as anyone wants to 'do a Tesla' right now), build it comfy, but keep the motors massive so it still does zero to vanishing point in nothing flat. Now there's a third way, which we can call the Lotus position. A four door that promises things we are used to from Norfolk (crisp dynamics, proper pace and performance), but also things we really aren't (top notch build quality and luxury that extends further than optional carpets). So, has Lotus built a car to outstrip the Taycan and claim the title of Best EV Super Saloon? Jack, why don't you kick this one off?

Jack Rix: I'll be honest, the Lotus badge had me rattled, so I thought I'd better bring along the meanest Taycan available. A car that brings proper handling and finesse alongside a dump truck of horsepower. The Turbo GT, lest we forget, has a 7:07.55 'Ring time (the record for series production EVs) to its name. It also seems to have come dressed as a zebra today, or possibly a barcode, which is hard to forgive, but it has up to 1,092bhp and does 0-62mph in 2.2secs, which helps.