I skimmed a puff piece article about a kid getting a college grant for testing a reluctance motor idea or ideas. Then I saw this search link:
https://www.electricmotorengineering...tric-vehicles/
I don't think that style motor would ever be choice for performance, it would fit the appliance mold as a cost reducer.
The torque vs rpm, w/efficiency graph was the interesting part for me, as a general way to see electric motors.
Since Raptor made a post about the Tesla 3's strong passing power form 30-60... They would need more gears to pull hard above that. The best motor effieciency would expect to show at highway speed, if it's not 'oversized' for power, but in the low gear.