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Originally Posted by Phase
I was just wondering because my car is a hybrid and has a lot of torque. 0-40 it’s fast, I even beat a charger in a race at a stop light. But that 40-60 is such a drag and the speed accelerating tank drops. Obviously that’s part of it being a 4 cylinder low horsepower engine. Was just wondering if I’d see any change by lowering drag, since I know you do experience a little drag between 40-60 but it’s smaller
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I expect what you're just seeing is a combination of gearing an the electric motor's torque curve. Typically they look something like this:
We're accustomed to gasoline engines producing more and more power as they rev, and electric motors do just the opposite (to a point).