What is torque in cars/vehicles? And why do pickups have such low hp but alot of torque?
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You know how some jars are hard to open? Like a jar of olives, maybe? Torque is like the strength it takes to open a jar. The more stuck the lid is, the more torque it takes takes to open it.
Horsepower is like how many olive jars you can open in an hour. Maybe you get tired, maybe it takes you a long time to open each jar. The reason doesn’t matter, it’s just how many jars can you open in an hour.
So, at the end of the hour, how many olives are free of their jars? It depends both on how strong you are and how quickly you can open those jars.
Now imagine that instead of opening jars, your torque is turning a wheel. The olives become distance.
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