When you think of the world’s fastest supercars, chances are the Aspark Owl doesn’t immediately come to mind. We know, it’s a strange name for a supercar. It’s one of many electric vehicles in development, so the Japanese company needs to keep it going. At last year’s Frankfurt Auto Show, Aspark introduced a concept version of the Owl, which it claimed would be the fastest accelerating car on earth when it created the product, achieving zero-speed acceleration. 100 km/h in less than two seconds.

This is made possible by a lightweight, full-carbon body and two 40kW electric motors that combine 429 horsepower and 563 pound-feet of torque to all wheels. That might not sound like much power, but the Aspark Owl weighs only 1,900 pounds. Unlike Tesla, which has provided live demos of the new Roadster’s phenomenal acceleration, there’s no evidence to support Aspark’s ambitious claims. Until now. A new video has emerged showing Aspark testing electric car acceleration on a working prototype. Result? Acceleration from 0-100 km/h takes just 1.92 seconds, which is equivalent to Tesla Roadster territory.

According to Autoblog, it even beat the Roadster in a separate race, achieving a 0-100 km/h time of 1.87 seconds. Using V-Box data provided by Aspark, Motor Trend also discovered that the electric supercar accelerated from 0-100 km/h in 1.6 seconds when performing a foot roll. At the same speed, the Tesla Roadster achieved the same speed of 2.28 seconds.

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Those are some impressive statistics, but there are a few things to keep in mind. As Autoblog notes, there’s an on-screen speedometer or timer that records speed to validate Aspark’s claims. Second, the prototype has slick tires, but Aspark claims the road-legal version will still do 0-100km/h in two seconds. What’s most surprising about the supercar’s rapid acceleration is that the driver must reach speeds of 60 mph and bring the car back to a standstill on a short stretch of road, as the test appeared to was beeped brought to the parking lot behind a warehouse. It could easily have been a disaster, but it’s a testament to the manufacturer’s commitment to the supercar’s capabilities.

Time will tell whether the final production car can match the prototype’s impressive performance, but the Aspark certainly has that attention. Aspark is preparing to produce 50 Owl cars, each priced at about $4.4 million.