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0 pointslinsomniac4mo ago0 comments

...with 1,000 horsepower. =:-)

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In fairness, ICE engines have been able to provide too much horsepower for those use cases for a long time.

Cutting the motor weight probably matters more for smaller vehicles than bigger ones though.

That wasn't so much a criticism of the electric motor, which it sounds like they can scale down, as the Neanderthal part of my brain lighting up. Mongo like power to weight ratio.

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hedora4mo ago

In fairness, ICE engines have been able to provide too much horsepower for those use cases for a long time.

Cutting the motor weight probably matters more for smaller vehicles than bigger ones though.

linsomniacOP4mo ago

That wasn't so much a criticism of the electric motor, which it sounds like they can scale down, as the Neanderthal part of my brain lighting up. Mongo like power to weight ratio.

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