Electric truck question

[Grabowski]

How many Hp would an electric motor need to reliably power a half ton 4x4 truck?

Thanks

[poor mystic]

Use the same power rating as the original non-electric motor, if that was satisfactory.

[mgb_phys]

You can probably get away with a bit less - the limit on a truck engine is getting enough torque to get it moving, electric motors have maximum torque at startup so might be a better fit to a truck

[Grabowski]

you cant compare an electric motor with a gas motor.. so i should find a 250hp electric motor??..... right

thanks anyways