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What's the state of the art in motor design? In terms of range or power, is there any innovation boundary we are yet to push?
by blueblisters 6y ago
What's the state of the art in motor design? In terms of range or power, is there any innovation boundary we are yet to push?
- fluffy87 6y agoProbably whatever motor is Bosch selling to the highest bidder. You don’t really hear much about Bosch because it’s not on the stock market. But they have a couple of huge research centers worldwide and their tech is used by every auto manufacturer in the industry.
- formerly_proven 6y agoElectric motors are already incredibly efficient, so even halving their losses / doubling the efficiency would increase range by at most a few percent.
- clouddrover 6y agoProbably Lucid. They claim 15% better whole-car efficiency than the next best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwzOlPBheO0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwzOlPBheO0 The Lucid Air Dream Edition does a 9.9 second quarter mile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LRT7bIJcis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LRT7bIJcis And the Lucid Air Grand Touring is supposed to get 517 miles EPA rated range: https://www.motortrend.com/news/2021-lucid-air-technology/ https://www.motortrend.com/news/2021-lucid-air-technology/ https://www.lucidmotors.com/ https://www.lucidmotors.com/