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by dsfyu404ed 2873 days ago
>when driveshaft-free 4 motor all wheel drive vehicles

Two words: unsprung weight.

CV shafts are gong nowhere for the foreseeable future.

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Powerful electric motors are getting much much lighter.

Especially with liquid cooling, you could get a 100hp peak (20 hp continuous) motor inside 30 lbs if that was a design goal.

Motors for cars will get lighter as price competition pushes for designs involving less mass of raw materials.