I see. So the difference is that electric motors can provide a momentary burst of torque which is higher than their sustained capacity. And steam engines can’t do that, if they could, then the same “problem” would arise for them, right?

Oh that’s very interesting. I thought starting to move is harder than keeping things in motion

Yeah, I was also really confused initially. Because it seems to indeed be a tautology, or maybe it’s a shitpost