Convert 20 Kilowatts to Horsepower
How much power is 20 kilowatts? What is 20 kilowatts in horsepower? 20 kW to HP conversion.
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20 Kilowatts ≈
26.820442 Mechanical Horsepower
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Result in Plain English
20 kilowatts is equal to about 26.8 horsepower.
In Scientific Notation
20 kilowatts
= 2 x 101 kilowatts
≈ 2.68204 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.