Convert 18 Kilowatts to Horsepower
How much power is 18 kilowatts? What is 18 kilowatts in horsepower? 18 kW to HP conversion.
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18 Kilowatts ≈
24.138398 Mechanical Horsepower
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Result in Plain English
18 kilowatts is equal to about 24.1 horsepower.
In Scientific Notation
18 kilowatts
= 1.8 x 101 kilowatts
≈ 2.41384 x 101 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.