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		russellbeattie on Feb 1, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Koenigsegg's Tiny Electric Motor Makes 335 HP and ... You can already get a soup-can sized 3.5kw motor on Amazon for ~$100, so that exists already. Their tech might be optimized for the size motor, but if not, there might be room for improvement at the smaller size. https://www.amazon.com/Flipsky-Hardened-Skateboard-Brushless... (The idea that an e-skateboard can have four of those motors blows my mind. Suicide!)

throwawaylinux on Feb 1, 2022 [–]

The point is that's not enough for a car. You need around 20x that power as a minimum starting point for a small car.

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