I personally think 100% electric cars is the wrong direction, but hybrid cars are the correct way forward because petrol cars waste a lot of energy which in a hybrid can be harvested and turned back into useful energy to improve the car's performance. This is why F1 is going this route, because it is the future of road cars, as well as super cars, and F1 is the perfect platform to develop this technology and be the place to showcase exactly what you can do with this technology at the highest level of motorsport.

Look at the new Porsche 918 and the McLaren P1, for perfect examples of the current pinnacle of hybrid technology,. With electric only you only have a limited range before the batteries need to be recharged, and with petrol only you are wasting a lot of energy. Combining these 2 technologies originally just meant extending the range and making a more economical car, such as the horrible Prius, but now with the P1 and 918 we can see how it really can improve and benefit a car. Think of the electric part of these new hybrids as ways to extract the wasted energy from the petrol engine and use it to increase the output even more.

Taking the Porsche 918, you have a 4.6 litre V8 developing 608 horsepower, and also 2 electric motors developing 279 horsepower, combining to produce 887 horsepower, translating to a 0-62MPH time of just 2.6 seconds!!! but more impressive than anything else is a MPG of 94!!! WOW! That is impressive.

You can drive the 918 on electric alone through a town for a silent pollution free journey, or you can drive in V8 mode alone if the batteries are low, but in hybrid mode you can make the V8 recharge the batteries, taking just 2 litres of fuel to fully recharge them. That is really impressive. You can also plug the car in to recharge. On a standard EU 110V supply it takes 7 hours to recharge, which is similar to more common electric cars available such as the Nissan Leaf, but with a dedicated charging dock installed it can take just 2 hours. However, using an "optional DC Speed Charging station" can fully restore the battery in just 25 minutes! This is a recharge time I think anyone would accept as realistic in the real world. If real world electric cars could be recharged in just 25 minutes I think we would see a huge shift in the type of cars being used, especially for those living in cities.