• Granixo
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    Why do you have so many measurement units for car engine power?

    Like, with HP and kW is enough.

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      1 year ago

      PS is Pferdestärke, which is just horsepower in German. I think CH is the same in French, and CV… Italian? So maybe the other ones also all mean HP. I don’t know why they put all of them there, but maybe it’s because since it’s not a SI unit, there is no official abbreviation everyone knows.

      Edit: Just looked it up and I was wrong, they are actually different units, even though horse related. Even HP (747.7 W) and PS (735.5 W) are slightly different. What a mess, that’s why we need SI units.

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        With the inevitable arrival of electric cars, i bet that [kW] will be the new standard for engine power.

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          They already are.

          The same way food packaging must mention the calorie content in joules and kcal is optional, cars have to be advertised with watt.

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          It has been for a while, horsepower is a legacy unit. Taxes and whatever are based on the kW value.

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          We can only hope. A unifying measurement is the first start to cross cultural understanding and appreciation!