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Re:Tiny electric motor can produce more than 1,000 horsepower by tclancy on Monday November 03, 2025 @08:18AM (#45798661)
I get your skepticism and I know nothing about the field, but if the round thing in the press release picture isn’t designed to fit in a wheel, I’m confused. https://yasa.com/news/yasa-smashes-own-unofficial-power-dens...
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Re:Tiny electric motor can produce more than 1,000 horsepower by Timshel on Monday November 03, 2025 @08:29AM (#45798745)
Not necessarily, cf: https://lammotor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/YASA-400R.jp...

From https://lammotor.com/yasa-axial-flux-motor/

the shape is due to the change to the motor layout: https://www.thedrive.com/news/why-axial-flux-motors-are-a-bi...

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Re:Tiny electric motor can produce more than 1,000 horsepower by jama211 on Monday November 03, 2025 @01:16PM (#45802285)
It’s currently designed for the axel for now as far as I’m aware.
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