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Dr Paul Leyland
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According to units(1), 1HP = 745.7W and 340kW = 456HP. The discrepancy is a factor of 4.7.

I am prepared to believe that bus engines have become markedly more powerful since the last published measurement made quite a few decades ago. Car and motorbike engines certainly have.