The weight is defined as the weight of the vehicle in pounds (including the driver, any passengers, and additional weight being carried) and the speed is defined as the maximum speed reached at the end of the quarter-mile/400-meter run in miles per hour. ...
You can do more with the calculator. Say you wanted to get a feel for the amount of energy used in terms of equivalent amount of gasoline burnt, or in terms of how much ice the same energy would melt; you can do that also! Have fun! Energy and Power have cost and prices associated...
It’s important to see that “per second” because horsepower is a calculation not a measurement. Think about that. It means you don’t actually measure horsepower, you measure that force exerted through a distance over a period of time and make a calculation that results in a number, the...