Car engineering has come a long way since the invention of the steam engine during the Industrial Revolution. However, some of the engineering terms of those times, such as horsepower, continue to be used today. In Poway, many people depend on automobiles as a primary method of transportation. But how many of them are familiar with the details concerning horsepower?
While some commuters already know the units of horsepower that are available in their cars, not everyone is an expert on how it works. A car’s horsepower is the number of horses needed to force the weight of an…