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MetroMPG · 11-18-2012, 05:43 PM

This thread hereby nominated for the most ambiguous query and vaguest thread title of the month!

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Assuming you're talking about an electric motor, the thing that makes for a smooth start up is the motor controller. Wasting energy in a torque converter is not necessary. Nobody concerned with efficiency does it.

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