[USMA:28486] Torque and horsepower

[john mercer]

Is the output of electric motors still given in horsepower?  I have been on some small appliance web sites and they give the power of the motors in amps.  When i was growing up in the fifty's i seem to remember that horsepower was rated differently on gas and diesel engines between the U K and North America.  I don't know if Kilowatts would ever be excepted in North America, because everybody uses horsepower all the time.  Is the torque output for electric motors measured in ft lbs?  Is the power output between a five horsepower electric motor and a five horsepower gas or diesel engine the same? Thanks a lot everybody for all your help.