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The average car needs ~25HP to maintain highway speeds. So 1hp could be ~4% of the car's energy needs. It takes a lot of energy and HP to accelerate quickly but you don't spend a lot of time accelerating like that. At lower speeds over bumpy roads I guess 10% might be possible.


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