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0-60 in a road car would be near impossible because, like you mentioned, you wouldn't have the traction for it.
Top fuel dragsters tend to do their 0-60 in about 0.8-0.9 seconds and that's using extremely specialized tires on a specifically prepped track surface and they are still traction limited.
The fastest EV 0-60 (as far as I could find) was a Formula Student car called Mythen WR at 0.956 seconds. It hit 62mph in 40ft. Also it was driven by a woman.
Edit: I was doing some more reading about top fuel dragsters and the fastest 0-60 time (which was approximately 0.8 sec, they don't actually measure it) came from Brittany Force's (which is a crazy cool name) 1000ft run at the 2019 Las Vegas run. She ran the 1000ft in just 3.695 seconds and crossed the line at 338.17 mph. There's a video in my link too, it's crazy to watch. For you Europeans that's hitting just shy of 550 kmph in just over 300m
Yeah, I've watched Top Fuel races in person. They're pretty awe inspiring.
Electric engines essentially have 100% of torque available at minimal RPM, it doesn't need to ramp up like an ICE.
And it doesn't take anything exotic to hit the traction limit, just more current. As long as the ECSs were rated to handle the current and, if not, you can upgrade them (manufacturer software fuckery aside).
The best way to sell EVs in the US is to focus on their performance and not their climate impact. Partisanship makes the latter a non-starter, but everyone can appreciate a car with the power to move when you want it to.