Convert 8 Kilowatts to Horsepower
How much power is 8 kilowatts? What is 8 kilowatts in horsepower? 8 kW to HP conversion.
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8 Kilowatts ≈
10.728177 Mechanical Horsepower
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Result in Plain English
8 kilowatts is equal to about 10.7 horsepower.
In Scientific Notation
8 kilowatts
= 8 x 100 kilowatts
≈ 1.07282 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.