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Originally Posted by Yoshoobaroo
Not the ultimate answer either for a sports car:
When the motor torque is no longer limited to save the drivetrain (after 40mph for this dyno), the torque curve drops catastrophically. EVs are stupid fast starting at 0 RPM, but the torque output of an electric motor pretty much drops linearly with RPM, so an EV will never ‘pull to redline’ like a great ICE does.
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Glad we're already starting with the torque-at-wheels vs speed representation
See ~7:22 in this video:
If you take an EV car and a CVT ICE car with the same peak power,
they will have nearly identical torque-at-wheels vs speed graphs.
If you then take a typical 6-speed manual transmission instead of CVT,
the engine will operate below peak torque at most speeds,
meaning the torque-at-wheels will be lower than that of the CVT car.
Even though the EV will not have the "drama" of increasing torque
some ICE cars have when accelerating in one gear, it will in fact be faster