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Old 04-07-2014, 03:02 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Okay

Let's do some number cracking.
First let's assume that the power can be used 100% to generate acceleration. Of course there will be losses, but those are hard to factor in.
If the power is calculated as to the wheels, the losses should not be too big, if at all.

We need to know how much energy is required to reach a certain speed.
It takes one joule (??) to speed up one kilo from a standstill to one meter per second, or 3.6 km/h. ...
(EDIT: that 's not right, obviously. Made the rest of the post obsolete. Removed that.)
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