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ELI5: why do electric car engines accelerate faster than gasoline car engines?
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In a nutshell: Gasoline cars use a combustion engine to turn a transmission, and the engine has to “spin up” in a sense. Electric Vehicles typically (not all) use a battery to power an electric transmission which is designed to turn as soon as it’s given power, so there’s no engine lag.