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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It’s probably simpler and more accurate to think of it as constant power. Combustion engines will have a power curve which will provide peak power at one specific rpm and lower power above and below that.
An ideal electric motor will privide the same power output no matter which rpm you are at. This makes them much faster for accelerating an pulling loads and also means you need far fewer if any gears in the transmission and can even do away with the transmission entirely for some cases.
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