What is the difference between horsepower and power?
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Power is measured in kilowatts, and both horsepower and kilowatts are units of power, but there is a difference between the power represented by 1 horsepower and 1 kilowatt. Here is the relevant information: 1. The conversion between horsepower and power is 1 horsepower equals 735 watts or 0.735 kilowatts. The United States and the United Kingdom commonly use imperial horsepower, where 1 horsepower equals 0.985 imperial horsepower. Horsepower has been abolished from China's legal measurement units, and now engine power is labeled in kilowatts. 2. Horsepower is a commonly used unit of power in engineering, proposed by James Watt. 1 horsepower is approximately equal to 735 watts. It generally refers to metric horsepower rather than imperial horsepower. Power refers to the amount of work done by an object per unit of time, meaning power is a physical quantity that describes how fast work is done.