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28-pound electric motor delivers 1000 horsepower (supercarblondie.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

1000 horses sounds cooler than 735 electrical pixies a second.

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

And somehow also more impressive than one Zeus per minute

[–] Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

But horses are measured in hands, average of 16 hands so 16000 hands, 8000 people. That's like 1 electrical pixie per 11 people