Check out the Lightening GT, a new electric sports car that creates 700 horsepower using batteries and claims it can go 186 miles on just a 10 minute charge. It also includes a "sound module" so "[y]ou can blast out the sound of a smooth V6 or throaty V12, or cruise along in serenity of silence. "

Will Lightening Strike in the UK?
http://editorial.autos.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=567196&topart=...

Also, if you haven't yet seen it, here's the Tesla Roadster, which goes from 0 to 60 mph in 3.9 seconds and gets 220 miles per charge, but takes 3.5 hours to fully charge:

http://www.teslamotors.com/