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Toyota has had a 41% efficient engine in production for five years. If it were set up as a range extender it would likely be even more efficient (fixed RPM rang
by KennyBlanken 5y ago
Toyota has had a 41% efficient engine in production for five years. If it were set up as a range extender it would likely be even more efficient (fixed RPM range and load can be optimized for.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Dynamic_Force_engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Dynamic_Force_engine
- jamiek88 5y agoF1 cars are running over 50% efficient engines nowadays which is incredible.
- KennyBlanken 5y agoYep, it's amazing what you can do when you've got ten million dollars per motor to spend, run on an extremely tightly controlled / very high quality fuel, and need to only run for about 1500 miles. Sadly, F1 is just a money-pissing contest.
- davedx 5y agoMuch like space technology, a lot of tech that would never have been considered if there wasn't excess capital available eventually filtered down to "regular" applications. There are numerous examples of tech developed for F1 that ended up in road cars. https://www.carshop.co.uk/latest-news/formula-1-rule-changes-relevance-to-road-cars/ https://www.carshop.co.uk/latest-news/formula-1-rule-changes...