From reader Daniel Rivera,
Reviewers do complain about a couple of things about the [Tesla EV sports car] but every is amazed at its quick acceleration. This car has so much torque when coming from a standstill that this has broken two transmission designs and they’re not on their third design! They say it is pretty much like being shot out of a rail gun.
Unlike internal combustion engines, EV’s deliver full power instantly from a standing stop. There are stories about people with the General Motors EV1 leaving startled Ferraris in the dust when the light turned green.