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> Electric motors on the other hand are still relatively unoptimised Electric motors have huge applications across most industries for longer than combustion e
by justapassenger 6y ago
> Electric motors on the other hand are still relatively unoptimised
Electric motors have huge applications across most industries for longer than combustion engines. Calling them unoptimized is quite a stretch. There're some car specific optimizations to be done, sure, but it's very mature technology, with little potential for breakthroughs.
- pixelbash 6y agoThose applications generally haven't been focused on putting ridiculous horsepower in a tiny format and then running a highly variable load while dissipating heat. For example Axial flux motors are still very much being developed with a steady flow of breakthroughs (Magnax, Emrax), and have mind bending power to weight ratios. A lot of the current issues seem to be around heat dissipation, which is where I am hoping some of the next big wins are. I'm a bit sad that currently easily available motors are currently not in the same league as Tesla (I have a 50kw Me1616 and Sevcon 4 sitting on my bench) but it looks like that is slowly changing.