Nissan Qashqai e-POWER (2022) Review - The Electric Car that can go 600+ Miles?!

The Nissan Qashqai e-POWER - an electric car capable of 600+ miles?...🔋
Join our GoEV specialist, Miles Roberts, as he takes you on an in-depth tour of the ins and outs of the all-new e-POWER technology that has taken over the Qashqai range by storm.
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0:00 Intro
0:25 What is e-POWER?
3:52 Walkaround
5:37 Drive Modes
6:58 Interior
7:54 Range
8:10 Driving Experience
10:20 Outro
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[@robmoore5253]

I bought one 3 months ago and to say I love it is an understatement best car I have owned in 50+ years of driving . 100% satisfied well done Nissan.

[@cnbkyn4139]

Shoutout to video quality! By far the best camera work and colour correction I’ve ever seen on a car review which I think is very important!

[@nickaf5262]

Got mine today and I love it 👍

[@BermudaMichael]

Nicely done. Good descriptions and all that I needed to know. We have placed an order (in SW France). Good presentation skills. Thank you.

[@caractacus22]

I’m seriously impressed!

[@HS-yz7ui]

What a great presentation 👍

[@kalchoudhury8150]

As someone who has used a 2020 40kwh Leaf for the last 2 years and lives in an apartment in London, fully dependent on the public charging network and seen the price per KW triple in the last 2 years. I’m genuinely intrigued by this car….

[@mydogeatspuke]

For me, it's the fact that it comes with all the tech and features all other brands are removing from their top trims due to "the war" now they can't blame C19. You can pay for all the now additional extras that used to be as standard and still have your car arrive 10 months later with none of them installed. That's unacceptable. But not with this car. I'm hoping to test one later today!

[@williamnoble294]

This is the best review I’ve seen on this car

[@mileshandy1806]

Really great review nice to see the car on the open road I’m very interested about a test drive 👍

[@YanisKyr]

Electric windows in the back? I'm sold!

[@beebeequail]

I can say it’s the best car ever, being both an electric and gas car.

[@whocares264]

wait for the upcoming mazda ev with a wankel engine REX

[@rivermoon9113]

what is the trim of the vehicle being preview? thanks for the vid!

[@Steve-Cross]

Sorry to be nerdy, but the infotainment screen is 12.3 inches the same as the digital instrument panel; on the Nissan Qashqai epower, not 11 inches. They have also fitted it to the rest of the range, as a model year 2 upgrade. I know this, because I have just ordered a Qashqai Tekna Plus. Brilliant review by the way. I know it's a Japanese company, but the new Qashqai was designed, engineered and built in the Nissan factory Sunderland. Probably as close as you can get, to a British built car these days. 😁

[@mikedennett3291]

This is the e power you idiot

[@Steve-Cross]

@@mikedennett3291 He said the screen size was 11 inches not 12.3 inches… That was the point, I was making… You idiot. 🤪

[@Karmaisreal629]

This car has the 12.3 buy accenta only has the 11 inch. This is the e power he is reviewing. I have to collect mine tomorrow great car.

[@stephaniebecerra7929]

😢😮😅😊

[@stephaniebecerra7929]

😂😢😮😅

[@jeffsmith559]

Great informative review - thank you. I'm swaying to the idea of this vehicle and awaiting a call from my local dealer for a test drive any day soon.

[@devenair681]

Just ordered one. Great drive. Very smooth. After various Toyota hybrids followed by Hyundai Ioniqs this is a much nicer drive. 👍

[@jeffrichmond-bate2573]

orded ours last week

[@nickaf5262]

Getting mine on 7 January 2023 can’t wait ceramic grey with black roof 👍

[@vickylewis8558]

Thanks for the summary. Are the seats any comfier than the 2022 Qashqai? Also, any hint of when there'll be demonstrators of the New e-Power X-Trail in dealerships?

[@Aaron.Welshee]

Also interested in knowing this as we'd need a 7 seater

[@LS-ly8gl]

Cancelled my ev order and ordered this. It'll be my 3rd, my last two 100% reliable, hope this will be.

[@00ta]

Cool. I'm wondering Qashqai has an e-4orce version.

[@NipponKiwi]

Great Video Mr Chorley! I Learnt Heaps 💡🧠! How Come Toyota Hasn't Bothered With E-Power!?

[@harimadhavan1712]

Hi all, I'm umming and ahhing about hybrids. I was looking at the Seat Leon plug in hybrid, which has decent electric range, but can get over 50mpg in real world tests. I've heard and seen reviews that say that this e-power is not as efficient for mpg as the Toyota RAV4 hybrid and the Honda HRV hybrid. What are your thoughts on this? I'm loathe to go full electric at the moment.

[@ahmd-mi9964]

Will this come to U.S.

[@andreasm4263]

Can’t decide if the black and gray match or not 😅. Is it a cool color mix or just..odd?

[@dawoudmirzai3331]

Which color is that car? Black or dark grey?

[@peter6411]

What is the B mode on the gear selector?

[@ChorleyGroup]

It gives additional regenerative braking when you take your foot off the accelerator. A bit like engine braking, except that it uses the motor as a generator to charge the battery.

[@clewis5220]

I’m torn between this Or the new civic hybrid. This seems simpler set up than civic as civic still has a mode to directly drive wheels from engine which sounds like more mechanicals?

[@Mrianmarshall]

Hondas dons break very often. I had a Nissan xtrail that a parted company with at 125k miles and 9 years of service. It had new turbo and several other bits and bobs. I currently have a Honda civic it had 4K on when I purchased it 9 years ago it has 124k on the clock it’s tyres and break discs. But I am also considering the same two cars. The Nissan looks better value when standing on the show room. But in 7years time the Honda may be better value But I am still undecided. I would like to know what you choose and why. Choose wisely.

[@richrichie378]

I'm the same.. the civic full hybrid has been smashing it on the reviews, it's hard to find a bad one tbf.. This is a good comparable and at the moment about 4 to 5 grand cheaper for a similar speck.

[@paolocanepa8010]

I own since late April and Epower. I had to bring it back for a faulty front camera and they nicely landed me the petrol manual model. There’s a massive gap between the two. The Epower is a way different and better car. I would have not bought the manual petrol only

[@katyrobinson7796]

Can anyone tell me if this is the highest spec model that has been reviewed? Thanks in advanced.

[@ChorleyGroup]

Hi Katy, this is the highest spec that we reviewed - Tekna+. Thanks for commenting 😁

[@stevegrant4325]

No it's the Tekna not the Tekna plus

[@marley2319]

That’s not the highest spec. The Tekna plus is the top spec.

[@paolocanepa8010]

One note as an owner… a slightly bigger battery would improve a lot the driving experience

[@TEACHER0786]

Does it have 4 wheel drive option?

[@ChorleyGroup]

You can get the Qashqai mild-hybrid as AWD, but if you want the e-Power AWD (e-4orce) then you need to go for the X-trail instead. You can see our video review of that model here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3TGgY2fqr52rac

[@Imanc]

On your dash the mpg showed 50.5...i have recently got an e-power and on mine it is 40.9 most of the time. What are the optimal drive settings to achieve that Mpg?

[@ChorleyGroup]

Use Eco mode, and try to drive as if you're driving a big truck - read the road ahead and slow down gradually rather than jumping on the brakes at the last minute. Accelerate gradually, and don't exceed the speed limit.

[@lazlo09]

Do you drive a lot of motorway, say around 100 km/h or over? If so that is the reason. All hybrid cars loves the city, likes the country roads but hate the motorway/highway. For motorway/highway above 100 km/h a lean diesel is more economic. Outside of that a hybrids is better.

[@christostsikouridis7674]

⁠@@lazlo09i am thinking of buying the e power but i am not sure about the highway driving…i do almost 400 km per week mostly on highway in Austria…so what do you think??..e power or diesel??

[@lazlo09]

@@christostsikouridis7674 I cant know for sure but if your highway driving is mostly over 100 km/h and fairly flat road then a lean diesel will almost certainly have better fuel economy, depending the size of the car. Also depending if you have far higher taxes for diesel cars in Austria (like we do in sweden). One thing to consider is also the very nice driveability and almost quiet driving experience in the E-power. Diesels can knock quite a bit and you will have a normal transmission. The e-power is like driving an electric car without gears. Ideally you should lend the car for a day from your dealer and drive the route you take to work. Measure the consumption and see how it is. Then wage the nice quiet electric driving of the e-power against the possibly leaner diesel.

[@christostsikouridis7674]

@@lazlo09 thanks for the info…i have a diesel now but like you said the quiet driving of e power is important to me. How is the e power dealing with the cold starts? Is there heating issues with minus temperature?

[@regeta2003]

Anyone knows how long can you drive on a Full-charged battery + Full tank with this car? Let's say speed around 90-100km on the road

[@ChorleyGroup]

Around 600 miles / 950-1000km. The battery is only charged by the engine, so you can't "fully charge" it before you set off. But it's only 2.5kWh in size anyway.

[@petermartin4675]

Does it take a space saver spare tyre.

[@williamconnell6541]

According to other reviews there is no spare wheel at all.

[@paulinebuxton4109]

@@williamconnell6541 ive ordered an E power. got told. if want spare wheel its an extra 300 quid. seems a lot of car firms dont think u need them but I like the security of having one just in case, dont trust those inflator kits

[@thomassneath8134]

So it’s an electric car with an onboard generator. Same as the Vauxhall Ampera, or lesser extent, BMW i3 REX which owners love… This is a perfect car for anyone worried about range, charging or cost of electricity. Great review ❤

[@milesrobertsuk]

Yes, it's basically a REX type setup, but without the option of plugging it in to charge from the mains.

[@ram64man]

No it’s like the honda jazz no direct link between wheel and. Engine yes it does go through the small Battery. Others are right it is similar to the i3 Rex but not quite the same since the petrol part doesn’t ever stop and won’t get you out of congestion charges , it will just be a smaller engine overall acting as generator. Effectively the equivalent of a 2.5 equivalent from Toyota with better fuel economy, the down side the engine noise will vary a lot due to demand a bit like a cbt gearbox when you put your foot down hard it will be louder that can continue even when stationary for a moment but not as long like the i3 Rex did . What this all boils down to is it’s a different take on a standard Prius without the slow wheel speed

[@mondotv4216]

No - the Ampera had an electric only range of 35 or 53 miles depending on the version. This has an electric only range of practically nothing. A 2kWh battery really can't deliver enough power to do anthing more than maintain speed at about 25mph. The motor pretty much has to run all the time the car needs power to drive the wheels. It certainly couldn't accelerate under battery power alone. This is similar to a range extender technically but without the benefits of a large battery. Both th i3Rex and the Ampera/Volt had large traction batteries with the petrol generator acting as a true range extender. Here the petrol generator doesn't extend the range - it essential to get the car rolling.

[@SNORKYMEDIA]

Oh look a hybrid...none of the advantages of an ev with all the disadvantages of an ice car IE serviceable parts a plenty...why would you buy this?

[@Steve-Cross]

@@SNORKYMEDIA All the benefits of an EV. I.e. instant tork and acceleration, with no need to plug it in. No range anxiety and very economical. Might be even cheaper to run than a proper EV, with the price of electricity these days.Final point is that not everyone has access to a charge point at home.

[@vincentlicence5498]

Needs a larger battery with a 30 - 40 mile range. Then it will be a game changer

[@ChorleyGroup]

Then it would be a PHEV I guess.

[@shiakas]

If the car has a petrol tank, it's not electric, it's a hybrid.

[@SchrodingersPuss]

I wish you would state clearly which trim you are showing , and state what the other trim levels are. Most of these reviews use the top of the range model , with equipment that most buyers won't get with their budget!

[@MrPWalden]

Mpg?

[@milesrobertsuk]

We got 53.5mpg during our 3hrs of filming.

[@timaustin2000]

@@milesrobertsuk that's,... Disappointing.

[@nicholasr82]

What's the MPG that's the most important thing these days but no one is stating it for this car.

[@ChorleyGroup]

We got 53.6mpg on our review drive over 60 miles.

[@G-Cam1]

@@ChorleyGroup WOW.. Thats Economic and good for the planet and the pocket!! (Not!)

[@nicholasr82]

@@ChorleyGroup No it's not economic. Five years ago and before, diesel cars were getting over 65mpg and some over 70. Petrol Carl's were getting 50 to 55mpg. Now diesel and petrol cars are doing a lot less. I asked a couple of salesmen about this when I was looking for a new car. They completely agreed and one said it's so the diesel cars don't make the electric cars look bad and to get us on electric. So this hybrid electric car in the video does no better than a petrol did five or more years ago.

[@gelu8312]

@@nicholasr82 seriously? what cars with the same power and mass have the same real consumption of 53MPG as this QQ? And one more question... why do you keep bringing up diesel? Let it die, it's a technology that, at this moment, is on the dead line. See this Diesel as a good solution to everything. No, it is not. The ONLY argument brought by you in favor of this great diesel is...consumption. Guess what, a car is urban consumption, extraurban consumption, comfort, reliability, maintenance costs, driving pleasure, interior and exterior noise. And Diesel loses in many of these aspects.

[@nicholasr82]

@@gelu8312 keep smoking them.

[@harlequin991]

Has this vehicle got pro pilot like the Nissan Leaf?

[@pillred5974]

Yes, it has on the Tekna, not sure about the other trim levels.

[@harlequin991]

@@pillred5974 I’ve gone for the Tesla much more superior too nissan

[@pillred5974]

They are great if you can charge at home, but not so much if you have to rely on expensive public chargers, I have nowhere to charge a car so something like the e power or an eHev Honda is ideal for me.@@harlequin991

[@solentbum]

Was this car built as a gateway 'drug' into proper EVs? I just hope that the car is designed to be easily produced as a full EV. and very soon.

[@paulcooper5610]

Love Nissan Qashqai but not sure I get this one ! £40000 for an electric car that runs on petrol? Vauxhall did this years ago with the Vauxhall Ampera and they didn't exactly sell in big numbers, I guess it was ahead of it's time. The best purpose I can see for this new Qashqai is as a Tow car, What's it's towing capacity? as with a 650 mile range it could work really well as a tow car and would be incredibly smooth and responsive with the electric engine. Still too much for me at present I'll be keeping my 1.3 petrol Qashqai for a while yet.

[@rikkiola]

Think of it as a hybrid with the driving characteristics of a full EV

[@davidmcdonald1441]

1916 the Owen car Co made a car by the name the magnetic car just the same as the Qashqai just a bit before Nissan

[@bcm-n7244]

HONDA did it first with this kind of aproach to the HYBRID concept... but i do appreciate this generations Quashqai design.

[@cb5110]

No, Nissan did it first. Nissan concept is based off a collaborative between Lotus,Nissan, jugar, Trax, Evo, sponsor by the British government, which birth the Lotus Evora 414e concept first seen in 2010, the Infiniti emerg -e came after the Lotus. Honda System was first seen in around 2013 period.

[@G-Cam1]

@@cb5110 I think the Volt was the first to use a Series Hybrid System .. seen back in January 2007.

[@cb5110]

@@G-Cam1 Actually the Nissan Renault group may have been the first use a series hybrid system, it was seen back in 2003, as the Renault Elect'Road, sometime after the Nissan tino hybrid.

[@G-Cam1]

Its NOT Unique.. it is a Series Hybrid vehicle (like the Volt).. The advert is also VERY misleading! IMHO

[@Steve-Cross]

Great idea to put it into just electric mode, outside of a school. The little, easily distracted devils, will never hear you coming LOL. 😂

[@bigdoggy6650]

Qashqai for me please

[@albertmartineau5004]

cde passée delais fin mars

[@martingetting9146]

I would have to say that if I were only getting 650 miles per tank, I would be disappointed! I get over 700 from my 5 year old diesel Ford Focus (which cost a lot less to buy).

[@cb5110]

Qashqai is a suv, ford focus is a car, one is taller and affected more by drag. Why are you try to compare a suv with a car?

[@devenair681]

But that's a smelly old diesel. 🤔🤔

[@bennospijker9737]

???? Onley 650 ???

[@koendesmet335]

So you add the loss of efficiency a petrol engine, on top of the loss of effeciency of the electrical engine and battery. This car sums up what is wrong with the EV car rise and promotion of it, by the people at Davos. You could also buy a tesla and connect a trailer behind it with a generator.German EV are getting charged now by coal central electricity. Am I missing something ?

[@denyswoodroffe490]

To confusing, complicated. I see no sense in this. What is the effect on running cost over a 500km trip? Kiwi

[@roybruce2068]

Mmm. I have a 15 year old Megan Scenic deisel that does 56 mpg and can do over 800 miles on a full tank. hmmm. I realy looking for an EV

[@bennospijker9737]

15 jr old ?? Time to buy a new QQ 😂

[@roybruce2068]

@@bennospijker9737 Regret had to change car for Belingo with wheel chair adaption. Blue diesel 58 mpg

[@bikeman123]

Sounds like a lot of complexity for very little gain in economy. Looks like it's more about Nissan meeting their emissions targets than any real benefit to the user.

[@Jamie-hu8fq]

The noise you mention in the honda and Toyota has nothing to do with it being a hybrid car. It's because the car uses a CVT constant variable transmission which is belt driven, If you were to drive a Hyundai, Kia, jaguar and many other hybrids with a normal automatic gearbox it would be like driving a normal car.

[@ChorleyGroup]

The Toyota and Honda use an eCVT gearbox, which do not use belts (they use the electric motor and engine to vary the output gearing). The drone under acceleration is from the engine revving at a constant high RPM to give enough power to enable the motors to increase their output. e-Power has no mechanical link between the engine and the wheels, so doesn't suffer from this in the same way. The engine doesn't NEED to start under high load, unless the battery is low, whereas in the eCVT, the engine NEEDS to increase RPM to vary the output ratio of the gearing.

[@timaustin2000]

Just a correction: census data suggests that over 70% of homes in the UK DO have access to off street parking so I don't know where your 50% figure comes from. Now it must be granted that not all that parking will have access to a power supply but the number that does will be well clear of 50%.

[@JackyRogue]

That's probably because 67% of all statistics are made up.

[@denisbartasevicius6522]

Why it exists, because it's quarter isn't it

[@mala5914]

Averaged 64 mpg (UK) on this detailed test which is extremely impressive kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGG6Y5tolKp2aac

[@bdeithrick]

Get a rode mic

[@ChorleyGroup]

That’s what we already use? 🤷

[@bdeithrick]

@@ChorleyGroup sound in it is dirt then.

[@ChorleyGroup]

Sounds alright to us!

[@talkandplay]

The electric car that runs on petrol ! lol

[@nicnordic6143]

You talk about range but not consumption? Seriously?

[@ChorleyGroup]

The presenter does mention the consumption, which was 53.5mpg (5.28l/100km) over the 60 miles (96.5km) they drove whilst filming. - MR

[@watchmegame-milsim5801]

Except it's not an EV... Very misleading title

[@siamwar71]

53mpg, worst hybrid ever. I get that from my 2.5 litre lexux is 300h. Can't you charge it for 200 mile range 1st? Then back up generator. BTW toyota and lexus are cvt so you don't feel or hear any gear changes and the 2.5l doesn't scream when you need power.

[@gelu8312]

neither does this QQ have a gearbox. After testing the QQ, I concluded that it is much more pleasant than a Toyota in the same price class. Should I mention the sound made by the CVT or eCVT box? I have no reason, because in E-power the feeling is of an electric car regardless of the situation.

[@foxylady1048]

This isn’t what the country was hoping companies would be making for the 2030 year of EVs for sale means. My only hope is that they will be able to go fully electric by then, otherwise Nissan will go bankrupt, and Carlos Scone will be vindicated by there collapse.

[@pillred5974]

A lot of us have nowhere to charge, public chargers are a lot more expensive than home charging so people with a drive or garage would pay a lot less to get around than someone who lives in a flat or terraced house, sound fair to you? that's why cars like this are so popular.

[@staasinnovations2126]

What a crap review! Sit in the car to show how big or small it is.... 🙄

[@ChorleyGroup]

Well you clearly didn't watch the whole video 🤷

[@staasinnovations2126]

@@ChorleyGroup I must have missed it when you jumped in the rear seats! My bad.....

[@whocares264]

If only they used a wankel engine as the generator...lighter smaller quieter ...

[@ChorleyGroup]

And a funny name 😂

[@whocares264]

@@ChorleyGroup Can't wait for the mazda ev with a wankel engine REX much better than this...

[@mondotv4216]

A total engineering fail. The claimed power will never be delivered - a 115kW generator and tiny battery driving a 140kW motor? Just a weird choice by Nissan. You can buy this car which does a claimed 5l/100kms or you could just buy a Prius hybrid which does 3.5l/100km. Or the ICE version which does 6.1l/100kms.

[@kingscres]

I was thinking the same thing. Obviously the car doesn't need to use the full 140kW of the motor, but even so what exactly is the benefit of this design - unless Nissan has decided it's better to have an electric motor than a gearbox. I read elsewhere that the battery is only 2.1kWh - so I guess it may be able to use the full 140kWh for about 54 seconds provided you're happy to drain the battery and there is 100% efficiency in delivering power from the engine and generator to the battery and then the motor.

[@cb5110]

So much talk, sorry, but motors are not powered by engine but generators. Generator are not drive by horse power, generator work by RPM or rotating speed and torque. Seems you was not paying attention in physic class, that a kw in a engine is different from one in generator. You spreading the nonsense about engine kw, Nissan did not disclose how much kw in electricity or kw the generator push. They said the ENGINE made a 115kw, so here you misleading whoever read the comment. So comparing a car to taller SUV, lol. Wait the cross with 2.0 l does not do any better, so that why you go speak about prius. Oh , I guess you have no idea there are many of them in Asia, so all you doing is making complains, which nobody who owes one have said. Even when the battery is low, never seen any videos or blog about power loss or drop.i bet you never seen the video of the e- power Qashqai getting 4.4 l/km in real-world independent test via KZbin.

[@cb5110]

@@kingscres what nonsense, first Nissan never said anything about any generator, they clearly said the engine made 115kw, the generator power is unknown. what does the power of the motor have to do with power of engine?. Are generator driven by Rpm /inertia or is it driven by horse power? As engineers generator are driven by RPM, the faster it spin the more it generates, electricity, a 47 HP engine can rotate up to 6,000 RPM, so what nonsense is this talk about 150 HP or 115 kw has to do with the motor demand of electricity. And I am lost why people keep on taking old past system and attach to new modern technology, series hybrid was less efficient because motor had 80% efficiency, engine only had 20% thermal efficiency, modern days engine are hitting 40% thermal efficiency, motor are now 99% efficient, but yet some of us still stuck in the past. A gear box was not necessary because, Nissan leaf in 2010 had an efficiency of 96% at 1000 RPM and 89% at 10,000 RPM, Nissan have gone thru 3 generation of motors, although not disclose the EM47 had to be much more efficient than the EM61 first came out in 2010. There are few video around with independent test, the car can go as low as 4.4 l/km around city and as high as 5.5 l/km on motorways, it not different from the 2.0l corolla cross hybrid. If they do come out with a 50% thermal efficiency engine in two years time, the engine operation will surpass a diesel economy.

[@mondotv4216]

@@cb5110 Sorry, the engine power is known and it's 115kW - that's the engine part of the generator. Because no engine is 100% efficient at delivering the power to a generator then there will be losses. It seems you weren't paying attention in physics class or you'd know about the 2nd law of thermodynamics. And the battery is 2.1kWh - even if it could deliver 10C for a short beriod of time that's a maximum of 21kW for say 10 seconds. It's a crazy inefficient design and it's more about marketing than engineering.

[@cb5110]

@@mondotv4216 You the one not paying attention in class, because clearly I said the engine power is known, the generator power is not, it does matter loss of the engine all ICE have losses, the epower is 42%, thermal eff, the thing you are try to assume, is the generator loss which you have no clue about , duty cycle, Av, kw power or HP, or it efficiency, so what if the engine have loss? The engine loss had nothing to do with the generator, the energy is not transferable, the k and p are not driving the wheels, so it not mechanical, generator only use the inertia to output current and voltage base on rpm, not on gasoline burning. The engine can consume 1.5 l/100 km turn a generator at 1000 rpm using setup gearing, with ratio 7:1, Yea similar to how you bicycle operate, big gear drive a small gear, the same engine can drive a generator at 8l/100km at 1000 rpm without gear. Since you think you so verse at thermo, is the 1.5l/100km consuming more than the 8? Oh since you believe you know everything, the Nissan epower have a setup gear. By the way since you think you know it all, the Lotus Evora 414e hybrid which the epower is based off 1.2 L engine only output 47 hp, but it hybrid system output support motor of 400 HP. Yep since you are so verse and I was not paying attention in class, why not tell us how a 47 hp engine can power a motor of 400 HP.