Why do some cars accelerate from 0-60 faster than from 5-60? Shouldn’t the rolling start always be faster as both cars are in the same gear?

Question

Why do some cars accelerate from 0-60 faster than from 5-60? Shouldn’t the rolling start always be faster as both cars are in the same gear?

In: Engineering

Answer 1

5-60 would be the test you want also if competing against an electric car. Electric motors have maximum torque between 0 and 1 RPM. All internal combustion engines are extremely weak at very low RPM so an electric will leap way out off the line.