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by ttshaw1 588 days ago
No, electric motors exert the most torque at zero RPM. That's where you can put the most current through the coil, because there's no back-EMF. It's why EVs are so zippy from a stop. The torque-speed curve is a straight line, with 0 torque at max RPM and a constant power.
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For synchronous motors. Induction motors (like the auxiliary/dual motors used on something like the Chevy Equinox EV) have a different torque/speed characteristic.

https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/electrical-motors-torques...

Sorry - not constant power, obviously, since at the extremes the power is 0.