Proposal: Updated Vehicles

[Desert Mariner]

Originally Posted by mmartin798

Second is the drive motors.

So, I was concentrating on weight and spaced the total power. This brings up a question on project fusion plants. Per TM1-1, they go up to at least 1000kW @ 1kg per kW but there's no mention of volume. Based on weight of the ICE engine and transmission, I've got about 950kg to work with, which means up to a 950kW plant but is that realistic? And yes, the intent is for redundancy so that failure of 1 motor doesn't disable the vehicle. I'd guestimate that normal operation would be around 70-80% of max per motor.
And I admit that the motors I modeled may be overpowered in the aggregate as they are intended to function. This is why I'm inviting input from the group, many of which are likely smarter about EV power and other aspects than I am.