If I’m in an automatic transmission car on a slight hill and I press the gas just enough to stop myself from rolling back, so I’m not moving, how does the engine not stall?

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If I’m in an automatic transmission car on a slight hill and I press the gas just enough to stop myself from rolling back, so I’m not moving, how does the engine not stall?

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There a torque converter between the engine and the transmission. This converter will turn all the excess power from the engine into heat.

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