Engineering the World’s Fastest Cars with Jason Fenske
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Can You Get More Power Out of a Motor?
The answer to your question as it relates to electric cars is a bigger battery. If you have more cells, that means there's a greater maximum power. That is why we see all these records today. You won't see a small battery vehicle hitting these giant numbers. And the reason is the battery is too small. So, it doesn't have as much power to discharge. It's very different from like a fuel tank because no one goes, oh, the size of my fuel tank is huge. Like, no one cares whatever you can drive for.
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