Part of my commute is on a ~70mph road that has a bunch of side roads dumping into it. The people who have to merge into 70mph rush hour traffic with no ramp to get up to speed would greatly benefit from the kind of acceleration a Tesla offers. The other day some guy in an exotic car (didn't see what, probably a Maserati of some sort since those are the most common exotic around here) pulled out in front of me from one of those turns and proceeded to let it sing. Had it been almost any other vehicle I would have had to tap the brakes and been quite annoyed.

The point that I was making, and that I have just introduced an example to support, is that there are practical applications for the kind of acceleration that make certain types of people clutch their pearls.

Also, a 200hp hot hatch is going to have a hell of a time putting that power to the ground. There's a reason I'm talking in terms of acceleration and not power.