I'm assuming the parent is making a 1.21 Gigawatts joke, a reference to Back to the Future.

That’s be to run the Time Machine. This is optional.

It’s jiggowatts!

If we’re being pedantic about this uncommon pronunciation of gigawatt, it’s jigowatt.

An acquaintance of mine pronounces it with a soft G and long I, jai-ga-watts.

I don’t think it’s an uncommon pronunciation. It’s a fake unit.

Why not? That seems plausible. It's about 214 horsepower, which isn't a lot but compared to most EV conversions it's pretty decent. The battery might be the limiting factor anyways.

I believe my Volt peaks around 100 kW. This seems plausible. 160 kW is 215 horse power.