>Electric motors are efficient, but current battery tech is not. Hydrocarbon fuels will probably always win for weight to energy efficiency. You are misinforme

>Electric motors are efficient, but current battery tech is not. Hydrocarbon fuels will probably always win for weight to energy efficiency. You are misinformed, or focusing on the wrong metric. There's a detailed rundown of efficiency for different technologies here: https://me222.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/twentyfirstcenturycar.pdf https://me222.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/twentyfirstcentury...