It's kind of hard to compare diesels to current electric cars, considering there essentially aren't any.

But getting into a torque/acceleration argument with an electric motor is a losing proposition since it doesn't have instantaneous limitations the way ICEs do. The practical limitation on the acceleration of electric propulsion is overwhelmingly to do with the energy consumption trade off.

In other words, electric cars are *not* weak at all in acceleration. Instead, they are weak in endurance (battery limitations) and so acceleration has been deliberately sacrificed to in order to conserve endurance. If you don't care about range, look at the Wrightspeed X1 prototype (which I have ridden in). It does 0-60 mph in like 3.9s.