Of course for electric vehicles. It doesn't matter that fossil fuels are energy denser, it's much harder and less efficient to convert fossil fuel into mechani

Of course for electric vehicles. It doesn't matter that fossil fuels are energy denser, it's much harder and less efficient to convert fossil fuel into mechanical rotation by setting it alight than it is to turn electrical power into mechanical rotation. Electric will always win out simply because it's battery->motor. That's it. Apparently the top fuel dragster can do 0-60 in 0.8 seconds and it looks like its biggest advantage is all the downforce it gets from exhaust gasses and airfoil. I'm thinking this is more a difference in the formats of the vehicles; no point making an electric dragster or f1 when the battery won't last the whole race/series. Batteries are heavy af though, you're right in the disadvantage there. Perhaps the inefficiency of exploding fuel doesn't matter in the face of just how freaking heavy batteries end up being.