Adding these electric motors to the back wheels of my FWD gas car?

[rmay635703]

2000HP BLDC 215lb 10" motor. - DIY Electric Car Forums

If money is no object

[freebeard]

Imagine that in an electric boat.

Eight phases. Hmmmm....

[Stubby79]

Not sure what the point is, when you can just add more poles to a 3-phase...

I can vaguely see reasons behind it, but I would have to learn a lot more to understand it properly. (that would take too much effort)

[freebeard]

Agreed. Long story short, it's the area under the resulting curve.