I think the cited weight loss comes from energy efficiency gains leading to less battery capacity needed.

Electric engines are already very efficient (particularly compared to internal combustion). If you go from 90% to 95% efficiency, you don't save much in terms of battery.

ETA: Internal combustion engines half a century ago had an efficiency of 20%, now they're at 40%. That cuts the fuel you need to carry in half. Electric engines are near 100%, and as I said, going from 90% to 95% efficiency cuts required battery by a bit more than 5%, so peanuts.

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ajuc 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Going from 90% to 95% efficiency you're halving the thermal loses, thus reducing the need for cooling by half. It's a big deal.

Same with going from 99% to 99.5% efficiency. It still reduces the cooling needed by half.

	▲	testdelacc1 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> reducing the need for cooling by half But the motor is not the only thing that needs to be cooled. It’s mainly the battery, which has a narrow operating range. The power electronics that convert AC to DC also need to be cooled. So you’re halving the cooling needs of the motor, which is nice but small compared to the other two. And even then, total cooling doesn’t impact range that much compared to warming the battery in cold climates. I think you’ve overstated your case.

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HDThoreaun 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

In the video the yasa guy said most of the weight loss is from getting rid of the yoke.