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Originally Posted by Dadhawk
I agree it's not needed and frankly is just a parlor trick for most folks. They'll utilize it once in a blue moon, and mostly to impress their friends and neighbors.
It really only has a minimal impact on range though, as long as you don't keep sticking your foot into it, pretty much like an ICE.
Cadillac, for example, has taken a different approach. The LYRIQ AWD has a 0-60 speed of a "glacial" 4.7 seconds because it is tuned to be a luxury car and not a top fuel dragster. It limits torque until the vehicle is moving (I think it's 30MPH) specifically to keep you from bouncing your passenger's heads off the head rest..
There is an option "V mode" that can be downloaded, for a cost, that removes some of that restriction, reducing the the time by more than a half second, and adding a good bit of torque at launch.
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I *think* the point of large motors in EVs is also the ability to harvest more energy under braking. And if it's there, you might as well make that power available under acceleration.