Convert Metric Horsepower to Kilowatts
Convert Metric Horsepower to Kilowatts instantly. 1 Metric Horsepower (PS) equals 0.7355 Kilowatts (kW).
Metric Horsepower to Kilowatts conversion table
| Metric Horsepower (PS) | Kilowatts (kW) |
|---|---|
| 1 PS | 0.7355 kW |
| 2 PS | 1.471 kW |
| 3 PS | 2.2065 kW |
| 5 PS | 3.6775 kW |
| 10 PS | 7.355 kW |
| 20 PS | 14.71 kW |
| 50 PS | 36.7749 kW |
| 100 PS | 73.5499 kW |
| 500 PS | 367.7494 kW |
| 1,000 PS | 735.4988 kW |
1 Metric Horsepower = 0.7355 Kilowatts · multiply Metric Horsepower by 0.7355
About converting Metric Horsepower to Kilowatts
Metric Horsepower (PS) and Kilowatts (kW) are both units of power, so converting between them is a single multiplication: multiply your Metric Horsepower figure by 0.7355. Ten Metric Horsepower comes to 7.355 Kilowatts, and a hundred works out at 73.5499 Kilowatts.
Rule of thumb: going from Metric Horsepower to Kilowatts divides, so the figure always shrinks — it takes about 1.3596 Metric Horsepower to make a single Kilowatt. If your answer came out bigger, you have the conversion the wrong way round.
What is a Metric Horsepower?
Metric horsepower is why the same car is advertised with two different "horsepower" numbers depending on which side of the Atlantic you read about it. It is defined as exactly 75 kilogram-force metres per second, which makes it slightly smaller than the mechanical horsepower used in Britain and America — so the European figure for an identical engine always comes out a little higher, and neither number is wrong. It is written PS in Germany, from Pferdestärke, and turns up as CV or hk elsewhere. Enthusiast arguments about a car’s "real" output are very often just this unit mismatch.
What is a Kilowatt?
A kilowatt is a thousand watts, the size at which power stops being about gadgets and starts being about infrastructure. It rates the things in a house that actually move the meter — kettles, ovens, showers, heat pumps, immersion heaters — and it is the unit of EV charging, where the kilowatt figure sets how fast a car charges while the battery’s kilowatt-hours set how far it goes. It is also the legal unit of engine power in the European Union: manufacturers must state kW on a vehicle’s paperwork, even though the marketing beside it still leads with horsepower.
To put both in perspective: a hot hatch might be advertised at 200 PS in Germany, while an electric kettle draws a couple of kilowatts.
The converter above updates as you type, and the table lists common values for quick reference. Need the opposite direction? Use the Kilowatts to Metric Horsepower converter, or browse all Power converters.
Frequently asked questions
How many Kilowatts are in one Metric Horsepower?
There are 0.7355 Kilowatts in one Metric Horsepower.
How do I convert Metric Horsepower to Kilowatts?
Multiply the number of Metric Horsepower by 0.7355. For example, 10 Metric Horsepower = 7.355 Kilowatts.
What is 100 Metric Horsepower in Kilowatts?
100 Metric Horsepower is equal to 73.5499 Kilowatts.
How do I convert Kilowatts to Metric Horsepower?
Multiply the Kilowatts value by 1.3596 (or divide by 0.7355).
Is this Metric Horsepower to Kilowatts conversion exact?
The definition is exact — Metric Horsepower and Kilowatts are both fixed against the same base by international agreement — but the decimal shown here is rounded for readability, because the true ratio does not terminate. For engineering or scientific work, carry more decimal places than this page displays.
What is a Metric Horsepower?
Metric horsepower is why the same car is advertised with two different "horsepower" numbers depending on which side of the Atlantic you read about it. It is defined as exactly 75 kilogram-force metres per second, which makes it slightly smaller than the mechanical horsepower used in Britain and America — so the European figure for an identical engine always comes out a little higher, and neither number is wrong. It is written PS in Germany, from Pferdestärke, and turns up as CV or hk elsewhere. Enthusiast arguments about a car’s "real" output are very often just this unit mismatch.
What is a Kilowatt?
A kilowatt is a thousand watts, the size at which power stops being about gadgets and starts being about infrastructure. It rates the things in a house that actually move the meter — kettles, ovens, showers, heat pumps, immersion heaters — and it is the unit of EV charging, where the kilowatt figure sets how fast a car charges while the battery’s kilowatt-hours set how far it goes. It is also the legal unit of engine power in the European Union: manufacturers must state kW on a vehicle’s paperwork, even though the marketing beside it still leads with horsepower.