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28-pound electric motor delivers 1000 horsepower (supercarblondie.com)
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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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[–] Natanael 1 points 4 hours ago

The electric motor capacity also accounts for scenarios like a heavily loaded car going uphill with poor weather conditions.

And because it always can dump full power into the wheels instantly, unlike ICE cars (which are forced to burn an insanely wasteful amount of fuel to compete) that means every EV made for normal use has ridiculous acceleration