Convert 1,500 Kilowatts to Horsepower
How much power is 1,500 kilowatts? What is 1.5 thousand kilowatts in horsepower? 1,500 kW to HP conversion.
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1,500 Kilowatts ≈
2,011.5331 Mechanical Horsepower
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Result in Plain English
1,500 kilowatts is equal to about 2,010 horsepower.
In Scientific Notation
1,500 kilowatts
= 1.5 x 103 kilowatts
≈ 2.01153 x 103 horsepower
Kilowatts
A kilowatt is 1,000 watts. Usain Bolt's maximum power output while sprinting was about 2.6 kilowatts.
Horsepower
Mechanical horsepower is commonly used to measure the maximum power of a car's engine in the United States. It is slightly different than Metric horsepower, which is used in Europe.