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      04-23-2014, 06:40 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by SickFinga View Post
It has nothing to do with the power peaks. It's all about different methods of measuring HP. 1 SAE HP (US) is 1.01 DIN HP (Europe).
Interesting. I can understand different standards organizations having slightly different ratings, but in this case, wouldn't the individual ratings of the electric motor and the Turbo-3 in the i8 also be different?

The i8 (according to the bmwusa.com i8 page) has a 231hp Turbo-3 motor, and a 131hp electric motor. The combined output is 357hp. All 3 specs are listed on the US site so I would imagine are all SAE. That's why I thought peaks. I can't remember where I read that, though.
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