[bluGill]

Maybe or maybe not.

Some EVs have a transmission - while it isn't strictly required (which is why others do not) for best acceleration you need one. If there is a transmission this is a shift point.

Of course EVs have completely different operating parameters. The rest of my post was respect to a internal combustion engine.

[cmrdporcupine]

Some EVs have a transmission, yes. My Volt has a planetary gear set in order to share traction with the ICE. But that's not a pure EV.

But what they don't generally have, unless they are conversions from ICE cars, is changing gear ratios. Torque is mostly constant across all RPMs in an EV, so there's not really a need for one.