>> Power is power, there is no combined "power + torque" that measures how much wind you have in the sails. Torque just characterises how much power you can get along different RPMs.
> Torque (at the wheel) does matter as well as power.
If you are getting 250 W of power at the wheel (in other units, 250 Joules per second, or 250 Newton-meters), that's what you are getting, no torque about it.
>> the EU/UK 250 W cap is so low that it seems unlikely torque characteristics would enter the picture significantly unless you're going very slowly
> Though perhaps you're saying these motors are so over-rated that even close to stall torque, their reduced power output is still 250W?
Yes, I was saying something close to that ("very slowly").
IOW the overprovisioning of the motor combined with the power cap makes the motor work much more like a "always 250 W" power source than a "250 W peak output modified by torque" power source.
> Torque (at the wheel) does matter as well as power.
If you are getting 250 W of power at the wheel (in other units, 250 Joules per second, or 250 Newton-meters), that's what you are getting, no torque about it.
>> the EU/UK 250 W cap is so low that it seems unlikely torque characteristics would enter the picture significantly unless you're going very slowly
> Though perhaps you're saying these motors are so over-rated that even close to stall torque, their reduced power output is still 250W?
Yes, I was saying something close to that ("very slowly").
IOW the overprovisioning of the motor combined with the power cap makes the motor work much more like a "always 250 W" power source than a "250 W peak output modified by torque" power source.