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In 1782, James Watt had a marketing problem. Mine owners didn’t understand steam engines. But they did understand horses. So Watt measured what a mill horse could do in one minute and coined a new unit for his engines: The Horsepower. More than 240 years later, we still use it. For cars, for ships, for locomotives. And yes: for electric motors. Our ABB IE6 SynRM motors reach up to 450 kW (roughly 603 horsepower). Those horses come with some modern upgrades: - No permanent magnets - No rare earth metals - 98% recyclability Same unit of power. Completely different technology. #EngineeredToOutrun