Les...electrics can have +300% torque at zero RPM. ICE's have zero torque at zero RPM
Why current diesel locomotives are and have been hybrids (deisel drives generator to drive electric traction motors directly connected to the steel wheels) for decades
KISS this...you folks are making it way more complex than it needs to be by adding gearing, engines and motors
KISS...torque is the twisting force....allow it to turn...and...now you have HP...period. It is that simple
Gearing multiplies the input shaft force by the ratio to the output shaft...can be more to even less power...period. That is how that works
Now toss in motive architecture if you wish to complicate the discussions
ICE's are ENGINES...electric's are MOTORS
