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That chart is… not right. Torque for a vehicle is measured at the crankshaft, before the transmission. For an electric motor it is a flat horizontal line. For an ICE it is almost flat in its power band but rises from much lower before it reaches it. The rest of what you are saying isn’t wrong but that’s a bad chart.


>For an electric motor it is a flat horizontal line.

That's....wrong

(or at least, not necessarily true).

The torque curve for an electric motor is strongly dependent on the technology used.

Induction motor (as used by Tesla): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induction_motor#/media/File:To...




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