It's harder to apply the immediate sort of torque needed to do burnouts in automatic transmissions (in this case, transaxles) because they have low-end-torque-s

It's harder to apply the immediate sort of torque needed to do burnouts in automatic transmissions (in this case, transaxles) because they have low-end-torque-sapping devices called torque converters. These are opposing arrays of fins bathed in automatic transmission fluid; when power comes in the input side, the input fins spin, forcing fluid into the output fins and causing them to spin, and finally delivering torque to the input end of the transmission (transaxle). Direct-drive electric vehicles, just like standard-transmission ICE vehicles, have none of this nonsense, which leads to part of the "legendary torque" association (the other part being the flat torque curve). So being alarmed at the ability of a vehicle without a clutch or stick-shift to activate traction control when flooring at low speeds is not a cause for concern, nor is it damning of the Bolt's design, nor is it damning of FWD electric vehicles as a class.