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28-pound electric motor delivers 1000 horsepower (supercarblondie.com)

submitted 10 months ago by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Maker website: https://yasa.com/news/yasa-smashes-own-unofficial-power-density-world-record-pushing-state-of-the-art-electric-motor-to-staggering-new-59kw-kg-benchmark/

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[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 23 points 10 months ago (2 children)

My eScooter weighs 42 pounds.

A 28 pound motor that's 750 kW?

Holy fuck.

That's power density straight out of science fiction

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[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Ebike would probably fold in half from the torque lol

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

It only does that at peak for a few seconds, practically, about a third that power.

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[–] No1@aussie.zone 2 points 10 months ago

So only 250kw continuous. How shit. Pffffffffffffft!

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