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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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[–] 6 points 10 months ago (1 child)

I'll give them some credence based on the cars their motors are already used in and the fact that their parent company is Mercedes-Benz. Doesn't look like they're a bunch of grifters seeking investment.

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

    I suppose, but I'm skeptical of car manufacturer claims, too, until independent testing is done.

    I hope this is real and think it's awesome, but will wait to see if they exaggerated.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    Well, the peak output is a useless number, that's just record chasing. I think the continuous output is the number we should be looking at. That is a bit more believable and also started in the article that that number is an estimate for now.

    So IMO they're not making any wild claims. There's "we measured this huge output for a short burst" and "we think that over a long period, it can do this slightly smaller, but still impressive number, but it needs to be verified"

    Will be cool to find out if the continuous output is close to their estimate of course, but even if it's lower, it's still impressive by virtue of the super low weight.

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