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Old 4th Dec 2018, 18:32
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GrayHorizonsHeli
 
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Originally Posted by petit plateau
Tesla Model S motor weight is 70 lbs for 362 hp (see https://chargedevs.com/newswire/elon...uction-motors/). Compare that with your stated 2000 lbs for 150 hp.

and how big will your generator need to be to power that beast? seeing pics of the tesla motor, it's the size of a large beer cooler, or to be more accurate the size of many americans beer bellies.
there's the battery with mood killing weight option to charge up and store that huge thirsty electrical appetite, or an equally sized (if not bigger) generator needed to power the motor live. And the bigger the generator, the bigger the power robbed, and the bigger turbine engine required to drive it all...its all relative isnt it? And relatively speaking, it all just keeps getting bigger and heavier.

I'm no electrical wizard by any means, but to get that published HP, knowing they use a 100KWh battery, thats alot of juice to be squeezed from a small bolt on generator.
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