>there is an argument that current F1 cars are more energy efficient than a tesla It does sound like click-bait, but I see the point they're making there. No o

>there is an argument that current F1 cars are more energy efficient than a tesla It does sound like click-bait, but I see the point they're making there. No one is proposing we all drive F1s, but for that performance regime, under those conditions, F1 is more efficient with it's energy usage in achieving a target output than a Tesla would be. I'm sure that decreases dramatically driving at pedestrian speeds. It reminds me a bit of when I first read about the SR-71's J58 engine. I'm trying to remember where I saw it (I think it was in the book "Skunk Works") in that the SR-71 was actually most efficient running at Mach 3.2 than it was running at lower speeds. Seems counter-intuitive, but like F1, that was the situation for which it was designed.