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28-pound electric motor delivers 1000 horsepower (supercarblondie.com)
submitted 10 months ago by 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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[–] 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If we put electrified tracks down we could all drive ridiculously overpowered tiny traincars.

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  • [–] 21 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Maybe we can also have them drive themselves and link them up for more efficiency also have them as a service so not everyone has to own their own and we can reduce overhead on servicing and infrastructure and ... trains.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    but then u cant splatter pedestrians and cyclists on the pavement like overmicrowaved hotpockets or ram the car in front of u for not going fast enough or brake check the one behind you for being to close or...

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