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That's likely averaged out as 80kW when flooring it is only around 100hp. I know my Polestar hits a peak of around 300kW when you put your foot right down.



Now that you mentioned it, I looked up the specs for my car it does say the motor is rated at 160kW max. Indeed when the 80kW figure is displayed it refreshes every few seconds or so, so an average is likely.




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