Why are electric cars able to deliver power instantly, but gas engines take more time to build up power?
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Think about it kind of like a factory.
In an electric car, the battery says to the motor “Okay, we need to generate this much power” and the motor says “Okay, can do” and converts the electricity from the battery into mechanical power.
On the other hand an ICE is like a long assembly line.
The pedal gets depressed and the motor says “Okay, we need to generate this much power” and the fuel tank says “Okay, I’ll send the fuel” then the air pump says “I’ll mix in the air” then the sparkplug says “And I’ll ignite the mixture” once all that happens, a small explosion moves the piston up to turn the shaft, then the gas is exhausted out and the piston falls to turn the shaft the rest of the way. Then to keep generating more power, they have to do it over and over again.
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