📍 ‘2,413 horsepower. Four electric motors. A simulated eight-speed gearbox.’
The new Elektron Quasar has arrived, and it may be the first electric hypercar honest enough to admit what enthusiasts have been thinking all along.
Yes, electricity delivers astonishing performance. But people still crave drama.
So Elektron has given its 2,413 HP flagship a paddle-shift transmission simulation and a soundtrack designed to mimic the sensation of a racing machine tearing through the gears.
An EV that pretends to be an ICE car? Oddly enough, that might be its most interesting feature.
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▪️At the 2026 London Concours, Elektron Motors GmbH unveiled the Quasar, a hypercar that sits somewhere between science fiction and a Le Mans prototype.
▪️The numbers are suitably outrageous.
▪️Four electric motors produce a combined 2,413 HP, while a carbon-fibre chassis keeps the weight remarkably lean at 1,427 kg.
▪️On paper, it promises the sort of acceleration that rearranges internal organs.
♔ ‘Yet the real story isn’t the power. It’s the admission.’
▪️Elektron understands that performance alone isn’t enough.
▪️Modern EVs are devastatingly fast, but many lack the theatre that made great performance cars memorable.
▪️So, the Stuttgart firm has engineered a simulated eight-speed paddle-shift transmission, complete with a soundtrack that supposedly echoes the spirit of a space racer.
▪️In other words, your electric hypercar now changes gears and makes dramatic noises despite having no need to do either.
♔ Purists may scoff.
▪️But perhaps Elektron has identified an inconvenient truth: drivers don’t simply want speed.
▪️They want anticipation, engagement and a little mechanical theatre.
The Quasar isn’t trying to replace the internal combustion engine.
📍 ‘It’s trying to recreate the feeling of one.’
