This is largely a myth and was only true of early Tesla vehicles. Also you're not going "long periods of sustained acceleration" here. The real issue would be

This is largely a myth and was only true of early Tesla vehicles. Also you're not going "long periods of sustained acceleration" here. The real issue would be Tesla's slow acceleration at high speeds. It has a very very good 0-60 mph, but it's 0-100 mph is more average.