That's what makes them so good for heavy pulling, such as in a train or when a hybrid-electric vehicle accelerates. You don't have to worry about a transmission with electric motors, either.
Back around the 1930s, there were some pure diesel locomotives built but diesel electrics killed them pretty quick. I don't know if those old diesel locomotives had an automatic transmission or not. Could you imagine having to work a clutch and shift gears on a locomotive, especially going up a long incline? More info is available here.
As for Houston weather, I don't know if the amount of compression from a high pressure system is enough by itself to have a significant impact on temperature. Normally, you're only talking about a difference of a few tenths of an inch of mercury pressure change from a low pressure system.
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Electric motors have maximum torque at 0 RPM
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