Whenever I hear people talk about acceleration in electric cars, they talk about the instant torque. I think I have an okay understanding of what torque is, but what does it mean for it to be “instant “?
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An internal combustion engine has a lot of inertia working against it *and* it needs to not slow down too much or it will stall. If you just spin the engine to its max power RPM and drop the clutch hard, you’ll just stall the engine. You need to baby the contraption a bit, get it moving then gradually accelerate. In an EV the transistors close, the electromagnets are energized and you have the full torque on the wheels within *milliseconds*. Electric motors do not need to be rotating already to exert force (which is why your ICE car’s starter is one).
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