"Electric motors have great initial torque so as you start the car you're moving right from the outset almost at full torque, " Rubin said.

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But designers soon found that the size, weight, cost and torque needed to power the machine would be too great.

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They live and breathe stuff like torque ratios and it is fitting that their knowledgeable reviews influence the automobile buy decisions of a great many people.

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