Why Electric Cars Have Low Top Speed (Are All EVs Low Speed?!)

Electric cars offer everything, right? Eco-friendly credentials, awesome acceleration, and high top speeds. Wait, back up – that’s wrong.

EVs historically have much lower top speeds than gasoline cars, but why is this? Are all EVs low speed, or only some of them?

We explore these questions, and more, in this video.

0:00 – Intro
1:10 – #1 (are EVs slower?)
1:38 – #2 (how much slower are EVs?)
3:36 – #3 (are all EVs slower?)
5:15 – #4 (why are many EVs slower?)
5:40 – Conclusion

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