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Re:Tiny electric motor can produce more than 1,000 horsepower by jama211 on Monday November 03, 2025 @08:13AM (#45798626)
Where does it say it’s inside the wheel? Not sure about that
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Re:Tiny electric motor can produce more than 1,000 horsepower by scoobytuber on Monday November 03, 2025 @09:35AM (#45799407)
He’s holding the motor in the picture. That format is in-wheel BLDC.
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Re:Tiny electric motor can produce more than 1,000 horsepower by doph on Monday November 03, 2025 @10:21AM (#45800028)
In-wheel application is possible, but it's important to understand that the pancake shape is only a consequence of the axial flux design and Yasa doesn't make motors in other "formats". Yasa motors shaped like this have been used in several supercars and all of them have been in-board on the axles, not in-wheel.
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Re:Tiny electric motor can produce more than 1,000 horsepower by imtringued on Monday November 03, 2025 @10:24AM (#45800054)
That format is the standard format for axial flux motors...
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Re:Tiny electric motor can produce more than 1,000 horsepower by jama211 on Monday November 03, 2025 @01:13PM (#45802241)
I don’t believe it is in this case.
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