[dcb]

There exists a fundamental compromise between acceleration and economy regardless of the technology. There are practical limits (low and high) on efficient acceleration once you look more closely than f=ma.

More acceleration means:
1. more internal losses (battery losses, bearing loads, fluid drag)
2. more time spent at higher speeds, thus more aerodynamic losses.
3. more weight for more power to do the accelerating with.
4. increased braking losses over time (faster and heavier)
5. increased hysteresis in the flexible parts if the driveline