• anugeshtu@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    I’m not an expert, but isn’t that a very vague analogy to horse power and torque?

    Torque = the power right at the moment you need it, hp = overall. In most cases, you get hp displayed at the car dealers as a selling point.

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      8 hours ago

      Not really, no. They measure different but related things, torque isn’t actually a measure of power, unless you also know the RPM.