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28-pound electric motor delivers 1000 horsepower (supercarblondie.com)
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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 hours ago

Steel wheels haven't been common on anything but really cheap cars for a few decades now, but in general your point holds true. There's heavier and lighter alloy wheels out there.

Still, these could be just tiny motors connected to the wheels via a short shaft on the rear especially. Instead of the huge monstrosities most EVs currently seem to use which are huge, as they also include gearing and such. Still leaves more space for battery without having to go unsprung with hub motors.