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Re:Antarctic Snow Cruiser by LeifCarrotson on Monday March 09, 2020 @09:47AM (#22525267)
Kilowatts are also a multiplication of RPM and torque - one horsepower is 0.7457 kW, no RPM factor required. High-redline gas engines compared to diesels will have more kilowatts than torque regardless of which system of measurement you use.

You need low-speed torque with low fuel consumption to work at relatively high power output efficiently for long durations.

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Re:Antarctic Snow Cruiser by LeonM on Monday March 09, 2020 @10:59AM (#22525893)
That is correct. kW is used the same way as HP, except that kW is better standardized.

There are many definitions of how much power a horse has, and just one definition of the watt. For example: the 'mechanical' HP (commonly used in the US) is the equivalent of 0.7457kW, but the 'metric' HP (commonly used in Europe) is 0.7345kW [0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsepower#Definitions

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Re:Antarctic Snow Cruiser by SigmundA on Monday March 09, 2020 @03:28PM (#22528811)
They are both units of power the fact that they have different numbers does not have bearing on the question asked, power is power, torque is torque regardless of units.
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