Unlike internal-combustion engines, electric motors have full torque, as pulling-power is called, from zero revs. They are thus predisposed to go like a bat out of hell without the aid of a gearbox.
To be able to command burned-out press and buyers to your studio at 9 p.m. on the final day of a four-week fashion marathon, you have to have pullingpower.
Multinational technology companies are increasingly moving their Asia-Pacific headquarters from Singapore to Shanghai in a reflection of the pullingpower of the China market.