Hybrid engines When the first internal combustion engine was created in 1876, its Thermal Efficiency was about 17%. So only 17% of the fuel energy was converted into useful work. By 2013 the average road car had reached about 30% efficiency. A year later F1 introduced hybrid power units and efficiency jumped to over 50% while battery storage efficiency has made leaps and bounds, doubling energy density and increasing power density 12-fold. The fourth industrial revolution - transforming production technologies The rise of modern production methods is closing the gap between large-scale and highly customized manufacturing. F1 is at the forefront of this fourth industrial revolution. An F1 car is basically a prototype that introduces new parts weekly. The teams have to not just develop, but also manufacture parts as quickly as possible. Road car production too is becoming increasingly complex with different models manufactured on the same production line with more choices for customers to individualize their cars. F1 offers a perfect environment for testing tomorrow's road car production on a smaller scale. F1 runs aerodynamic simulations to develop a car that reduces down force loss from 50% to 15%. By the time the prototype hits the wind tunnel, it already has thousands of hours of testing through digital simulations. Advanced simulators bring real-life experiences to controlled environments, providing more data as it serves more practice time and improves human-machine synergy.
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