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List of production cars by power output This page was last edited on 18 April 2022, at 03:59 (UTC). Text is available ...
The amount of range gained per time charging, charging speed, is the ratio of charging power to the vehicle's consumption, and its inverse is the charging time per driven distance: C h a r g i n g s p e e d [ k m / h ] ≡ c h a r g i n g p o w e r [ k W ] c o n s u m p t i o n [ k W h / k m ] {\displaystyle Charging\ speed\ [km/h]\equiv {\frac ...
Power Notes Sources Benz Patent-Motorwagen: 1886 0.6 kW (0.7 hp; 0.8 PS) First commercially available automobile in history [56] Benz Velo: 1894 1.1 kW (1.5 hp; 1.5 PS) First production car [57] Peugeot Type 15: 1897 6 kW (8 hp; 8 PS) Peugeot's first in-house engine [58] Daimler Phoenix 1899 17 kW (23 hp; 23 PS) First four-cylinder road car
The inverse of power-to-weight, weight-to-power ratio (power loading) is a calculation commonly applied to aircraft, cars, and vehicles in general, to enable the comparison of one vehicle's performance to another. Power-to-weight ratio is equal to thrust per unit mass multiplied by the velocity of any vehicle.
Engine power is the power that an engine can put out. It can be expressed in power units, most commonly kilowatt, pferdestärke (metric horsepower), or horsepower.In terms of internal combustion engines, the engine power usually describes the rated power, which is a power output that the engine can maintain over a long period of time according to a certain testing method, for example ISO 1585.
This is around 1 ⁄ 5 (20%) of what is needed to power a standard upright bicycle without aerodynamic cladding at same speed, and 1 ⁄ 50 (2%) of that which is consumed by an average fossil fuel or electric car (the velomobile efficiency corresponds to 4700 miles per US gallon, 2000 km/L, or 0.05 L/100 km). [22]
It is an administrative unit originally calculated partly from the power of the engine and used to calculate the amount of tax that may be due at the time of registration. The Citroën 2CV (two tax horsepower) was the car that kept such a name for the longest time. Its use in France dates from 1 January 1913.
Weight transfer is generally of far less practical importance than load transfer, for cars and SUVs at least. For instance in a 0.9g turn, a car with a track of 1650 mm and a CoM height of 550 mm will see a load transfer of 30% of the vehicle weight, that is the outer wheels will see 60% more load than before, and the inners 60% less.