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		mkl on Feb 1, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Koenigsegg's Tiny Electric Motor Makes 335 HP and ... That was electric, but didn't use a hub motor: "Foregoing Porsche's new wheel-hub motor, the P1 employed a rear-mounted drive unit."

bch on Feb 1, 2022 [–]

So it does. I was recalling Porsche lore from memory and thought I had a correct reference. Iirc Porsche built an electric 4-motor (hub) car for the Paris Expo about this time…

Oh, here we go:

> In 1900, at the Paris Exposition Universelle…[0]

[0] https://www.automobiliardent.com/index.php/home/article_deta...

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