This motor is well more than twice as powerful as the Model 3 motor, so it could eliminate the entire weight of the second motor in the higher performance models. That’s 146kg, the weight of two adults, an 11% reduction.
As pointed out elsewhere, this neglects AWD which is an important part of the dual motor models' value proposition.
As pointed out elsewhere, this neglects AWD which is an important part of the dual motor models' value proposition.