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I get your point about the difference of scale in power but cars routinely reach 100 kW - that's just 134HP after all. Floor the gas pedal on a mid-size sedan o
by ovi256 8y ago
I get your point about the difference of scale in power but cars routinely reach 100 kW - that's just 134HP after all. Floor the gas pedal on a mid-size sedan or a small truck and there you have it, 100kW. Good point about the load cycle.
- tigershark 8y agoThe continuous output of a car is certainly not 100KW, unless you keep the first gear to travel at 60km/h literally drinking fuel...
- gambiting 8y agoIt will be for a truck though - once you have 40 tonnes on your trailer, I'm almost certain the engine will have to keep producing 100kW just to keep on moving at a steady 50mph.
- TheSpiceIsLife 8y agoEven that won’t use max power. The amount of energy required to move a vehicle forward at 60km/h is a fixed quantity to do with rolling resistance and drag. There’s going to be greater loss due to friction in the engine and losses in the gearbox, probably in the single digit range? I honestly don’t know anything accurate. Most power is required accelerate.