UK-based YASA has just built a tiny electric motor that makes Tesla motors look like slackers, and this invention could potentially reshape the future of EVs.
The company has unveiled a new prototype that’s breaking records for power and performance density.
It’s smaller and lighter than traditional motors, yet it’s somehow more powerful.
Perhaps the best part is that it’s a fully functional motor, rather than some lab-only concept.
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This tiny electric motor can produce more than 1,000 horsepower
The new YASA axial flux motor weighs just 28 pounds, or about the same as a small dog.
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However, it delivers a jaw-dropping 750 kilowatts of power, which is the equivalent of 1,005 horsepower.
That’s about the same as two Tesla Model 3 Performance cars combined, or four individual Tesla motors.
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