Hunstable Electric Turbine can produce up to 3x the torque of other motors
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#2Nice to see Brad making a dent in a completely different domain, after having had a successful video streaming company.
Re: Hunstable Electric Turbine can produce up to 3x the torque of other motors
#3Previous discussion on HN:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20660403
Re: Hunstable Electric Turbine can produce up to 3x the torque of other motors
#4The motors are not really taking up a lot of useful space in the car and are not underpowered by any stretch so this tech needs to be price competitive. Like Hyundai said batteries are where we need to see advances.
Don't get me wrong it is interesting and I am glad to see advances but I don't see this as a terribly useful advance today.
Re: Hunstable Electric Turbine can produce up to 3x the torque of other motors
#5The motors are not really taking up a lot of useful space in the car and are not underpowered by any stretch so this tech needs to be price competitive. Like Hyundai said batteries are where we need to see advances. Don't get me wrong it is interesting and I am glad to see advances but I don't see this as a terribly useful advance today.
I see it as a BIG advance for small drones. The same torque from smaller engine where every gram counts is a big win, you can replace that weight with more battery.
Re: Hunstable Electric Turbine can produce up to 3x the torque of other motors
#6Still cool if the gearbox can be omitted in car applications.
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#7Still cool if the gearbox can be omitted in car applications.
Do EV's have gearboxes?
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#8Re: Hunstable Electric Turbine can produce up to 3x the torque of other motors
#9Still cool if the gearbox can be omitted in car applications.
Do EV's have gearboxes?
Yes, they do and easy to screw up. Learn about first model of Tesla Roadster - it was quite speedy up to 160 km/h and then not speedy at all. All because of the wrong gearbox.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Roadster_(2008)#Transmis...
Re: Hunstable Electric Turbine can produce up to 3x the torque of other motors
#10The motors are not really taking up a lot of useful space in the car and are not underpowered by any stretch so this tech needs to be price competitive. Like Hyundai said batteries are where we need to see advances. Don't get me wrong it is interesting and I am glad to see advances but I don't see this as a terribly useful advance today.
Getting rid of a gearbox that weighs 70kg seems like a significant weight saving. They also claim more efficiency which could result in smaller batteries or more range.