[forwhomst]

EV design is totally different from ICE design in this regard. EV design is all about how to avoid shorting the battery across the motor. ICE UX mirrors a physical process: the throttle pedal lets more air into the engine. In an electric car you're working with a more abstract process.

[ilikehurdles]

I'm not really sure what you're saying here, and I may be missing the point. High torque and high speed introduce additional wear and earlier breakage on EVs just as they do on ICE vehicles. The steering, acceleration pedal, and brake pedal are just as digitally controlled on either kind of vehicle, and are calibrated for an arbitrary "feeling" on both kinds of cars. Cars are no longer made with mechanical versions of these inputs. For reliability (and consequently, cost-savings) as well as safety purposes, these controls are calibrated to perform at less than their peak possible outputs.

An ICE does require more air and fuel for acceleration as does an EV's motor use higher currents as the pedal is depressed, that is true. The nice thing about EVs is that you get aboout twice as powerful performance for your money.

TL;DR: I agree with your statement that all EVs are artifically slowed, just adding that all vehicles including ICEs are also artificially slowed in order to behave a certain way on normal roads.