For all those who got used to expressing the car's
engine power in horsepower, these 2 cars may be a big
surprise.
Toyota and Honda are selling hybrid cars
(gasolene/electric) which can run on both the fuels.
The Toyota Prius has 70 horsepower with an additional
25 kw of power from electric batteries while Honda
Insight has 67 horsepower with additional 10 kw from
batterie.
Had the Americans used kilowatts for the power of car,
it could have been easier to convince the people
about the benefits of such a car. Its high time for
the American car companies to switch over to kw, since
they are planning to bring their version of hybrid
cars by 2003.
Madan
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