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		robotresearcher 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tiny electric motor can produce more than 1,000 ho... This motor is well more than twice as powerful as the Model 3 motor, so it could eliminate the entire weight of the second motor in the higher performance models. That’s 146kg, the weight of two adults, an 11% reduction.

robotresearcher 4 months ago [–]

As pointed out elsewhere, this neglects AWD which is an important part of the dual motor models' value proposition.

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