One of the most persistent myths about electric vehicles (EVs) is that they somehow don’t perform as well as gasoline-powered vehicles. Performance is a complicated subject, but EVs perform as well or better than their fossil-fueled counterparts in some key areas.
We have had an electric car for 3 years now, was it worth it?
High-performance electric vehicles have lightning-fast acceleration, impressive top speeds and excellent handling. Petrol-powered vehicles offer stiff competition, benefiting from over 100 years of accumulated research and development, but this is a race that may be more exciting than you might expect.
Electric and gas powered vehicles come in budget models with lower performance, luxury models with high performance, and everything in between. There are far more gas powered vehicles on the road, which means there are more low performance and high performance gas powered models than electric vehicles, but electric vehicles have an advantage at both ends of the spectrum.
The one thing that helps EVs compare favorably to gas-powered vehicles is that electric motors can provide instant torque, which you can’t get from a gas engine connected to a transmission. That means when you step on the gas pedal in an electric vehicle, it starts moving almost immediately, whereas it takes a moment for a gas-powered vehicle to get going.
