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Old 12-30-2018, 01:40 AM
Gelrir Gelrir is offline
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An electric vehicle doesn't need the same horsepower as an internal combustion engine for the same performance; in some modern high-performance electric cars, they get by with about half the rated horsepower of an internal combustion-engined car.

For example:

https://youtu.be/6YuTpPr3Uv0

and:

https://auto.howstuffworks.com/how-d...ctric-cars.htm

"Remember, the Tesla Roadster S is about as fast as a Corvette Z06 with almost half its horsepower."

So I don't think the correct "conversion" (for identical performance) is to swap in an electric motor of the same horsepower.

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