[ProtectOurFreedom]

Justin, you idiot, electric cars do NOT generate their maximum power at start. If you’ve got zero RPMs, you’ve got zero power. But they DO have maximum torque at start. But you’re probably a political journalist and maybe took science back in fourth grade, so we forgive you. But you should look for a new career if you are an automotive journalist.

[Olog-hai]

Steam-engined automobiles also produced maximum torque at start. Also, the time taken to refuel and rewater would have been far shorter than that to recharge the seven thousand AA batteries of the Model S . . .