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Re:Tiny electric motor can produce more than 1,000 horsepower by gogusrl on Monday November 03, 2025 @12:32PM (#45801732)
Exactly. I was very surprised to find out a fully loaded 40 ton electric truck only uses ~100kw / 100km ( https://www.youtube.com/@electrictrucker ) when my 2 ton Volvo averages 20-22kw/100km on road trips.
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Re:Tiny electric motor can produce more than 1,000 horsepower by hinkley on Monday November 03, 2025 @02:02PM (#45802912)
Superfastmatt did a test recently where he proved to himself that the front area of the vehicle and trailer is the dominant factor on mileage, not the weight towed or friction.

For a guy trying to drive 300 mph though maybe he should have been able to do that with math instead of sketchy road tests.

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Re:Tiny electric motor can produce more than 1,000 horsepower by ninalanyon on Monday November 03, 2025 @04:43PM (#45804802)
kWh not kW.
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Re:Tiny electric motor can produce more than 1,000 horsepower by nandomrumber on Monday November 03, 2025 @08:24PM (#45806541)
Newton’s first law helps out a lot here.
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