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Old 09-19-10, 04:57 PM   #307
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Thanks for the link. Very informative. But the point was how electric HP comparable with gas Hp. For me they must be the same because it is power. It must be some marketing BS behind. May be they used real horses when rate electric motor and use ponies when rate gas one
From what I've heard about Electric cars, the rated HP of the motors
isn't a real good indicator of real EV performance.

I've noticed at Sears, their lawn mowers etc aren't rated in HP anymore.
They just give you the displacement in CCs and let you guess the HP..
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