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Re:Tiny electric motor can produce more than 1,000 horsepower by UnserMannInK on Monday November 03, 2025 @10:31AM (#45800133)
And shouldn’t it be possible to make the battery smaller with a more efficient motor?
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Re:Tiny electric motor can produce more than 1,000 horsepower by thesz on Monday November 03, 2025 @10:42AM (#45800268)
It is not indicated anywhere that this particular motor is more efficient than older ones in terms of the electric force conversion.

This new motor is more powerful, that's it.

Nothing was said about cooling or voltage requirements. The latter is important because higher voltage is more dangerous to work with or be near.

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Re:Tiny electric motor can produce more than 1,000 horsepower by UnserMannInK on Monday November 03, 2025 @11:47AM (#45801131)
Ah ok, that makes sense
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Re:Tiny electric motor can produce more than 1,000 horsepower by mulmen on Monday November 03, 2025 @11:18AM (#45800704)
The battery could be made smaller by whatever amount is needed to carry the marginal motor weight the advertised distance.
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Re:Tiny electric motor can produce more than 1,000 horsepower by NetMageSCW on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @10:54AM (#45812387)
Unfortunately incremental weight is not a big power user in BEVs so it likely would make no meaningful difference.
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