There have been changes in this amazing racing vehicle. They have always been able to achieve fabulous HP from very small engines. Following are the latest details (would you have ever imagined a “hybrid?):
“In 2025, Formula 1 will continue to use 1.6-liter V6 turbocharged hybrid engines, a configuration in place since 2014. These power units combine an internal combustion engine (ICE) with sophisticated hybrid systems to deliver high performance and efficiency. The key components include the ICE, Motor Generator Unit-Kinetic (MGU-K), Motor Generator Unit-Heat (MGU-H), turbocharger, energy store, and control electronics. Here’s a more detailed breakdown: Internal Combustion Engine (ICE): A 1.6-liter, 90-degree V6 engine limited to 15,000 rpm, producing around 830-850 horsepower. Regulations limit fuel flow, encouraging efficiency rather than just raw power. MGU-K: An electric motor-generator recovers kinetic energy during braking and can deploy up to 120 kW (160 hp) to assist the engine. MGU-H: Another motor-generator attached to the turbocharger, harvesting exhaust heat energy to either store or use for maintaining turbo speed. Energy Store: A battery pack stores the energy recovered by the MGU-K and MGU-H, delivering it to the MGU-K. Control Electronics: Sophisticated electronics manage the power unit, optimizing performance and efficiency. Engine Suppliers: The four engine suppliers for the 2025 season are Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault, and Honda RBPT. These suppliers provide power units to the ten F1 teams. Renault is ending its engine program after the 2025”
Toyota has unveiled a prototype hydrogen-powered engine that could potentially challenge the dominance of electric vehicles and make traditional gasoline cars obsolete. This new engine, developed in collaboration with Mazda and Subaru, burns hydrogen directly, offering high efficiency, instant torque, and exhilarating sound without producing any tailpipe CO₂ emissions, according to Facebook posts.
Here’s a more detailed look:
Hydrogen Combustion Engine:
Unlike hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, this engine directly burns hydrogen, offering a potentially faster and more efficient solution.
Carbon Neutrality:
The engine is designed for carbon neutrality, aiming to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and minimize environmental impact, according to Facebook posts.
Collaboration:
The project is a joint effort by Toyota, Mazda, and Subaru, indicating a broader industry push towards hydrogen-powered vehicles, according to Facebook posts.
Future of Mobility:
This innovation challenges the current focus on electric vehicles and suggests a potential shift towards hydrogen as a viable alternative fuel source, according to Facebook posts.
Potential Impact:
The technology could redefine hybrid performance and potentially render conventional internal combustion engines obsolete, according to Facebook posts.
I Asked ChatGPT What Would Happen If Billionaires Paid Taxes at the Same Rate as the Middle Class
Story by Laura Beck
Taxes can get you thinking about fairness. For instance, when I’m calculating deductions on my salary and watching a decent chunk go to Uncle Sam, I can’t help but wonder: What if the ultra-wealthy paid the same percentage of their income in taxes that regular people do?
Here’s how it works: Billionaires borrow money against their stock holdings (which isn’t taxed), live off those loans and then pass their assets to heirs largely tax-free when they die. Meanwhile, regular people like me can’t defer taxes on our paychecks or borrow against our retirement accounts without major penalties.
The AI used ProPublica data to illustrate this: “The top 25 billionaires saw their wealth grow by $401 billion from 2014-2018, but paid just $13.6 billion in federal income taxes — an effective rate of 3.4% on wealth growth.”
That 3.4% figure is what really stung. While they’re paying their legal tax obligations on realized income, their actual wealth is growing at a rate that’s taxed far below what middle-class workers pay on their salaries.
What If We Changed the Rules?
ChatGPT ran the numbers on what would happen if billionaires paid taxes at the same rate middle-class families do — around 15%-22%.
Using the ProPublica data, if those top 25 billionaires had been taxed at a 20% rate on their wealth growth, they would have paid around $80 billion instead of $13.6 billion.
“Extrapolate that across approximately 1,000 billionaires?” the AI asked. “You’re talking hundreds of billions in added revenue annually.”
Where That Money Could Go
The AI outlined several ways this massive revenue increase could transform government services:
Healthcare: We could expand Medicare and Medicaid, potentially moving toward universal coverage.
Education: Fund universal pre-K or make community college free for everyone.
Infrastructure and climate: Invest seriously in clean energy projects and fix our crumbling roads and bridges.
Debt reduction: Actually pay down the national debt instead of adding to it every year.
ChatGPT noted that this extra revenue could “stabilize the economy by boosting the spending power of everyday Americans.” Basically, reducing inequality in a way that helps everyone, not just those at the bottom.
What Surprised Me Most
The most eye-opening part was learning that the problem isn’t necessarily that billionaires are breaking the law or even paying lower rates on their taxable income. The issue is that our entire tax system is designed around taxing work rather than wealth.
“Middle-class families can’t defer taxes on wages or borrow against stocks tax-free,” ChatGPT pointed out. This creates a fundamental unfairness where people who work for their money get taxed immediately, while people whose money grows through investments can delay or even avoid those taxes entirely.
What We Need To Think About
After diving into ChatGPT’s analysis, I realized the conversation about billionaire taxes is more complicated than simple rate comparisons. Under current law, wealthy Americans do pay their required taxes. But the system allows their wealth to grow in ways that are largely untaxed, while regular workers pay taxes on every dollar they earn.
The AI concluded that if we could successfully tax billionaires more like middle-class workers, the results would mean hundreds of billions in additional revenue annually and potentially better funding for health, education and climate programs. What’s more, it could have the power to reduce inequality and improve public trust in the tax system.
Maybe the real question isn’t whether billionaires should pay more taxes, but whether our entire approach to taxing work versus wealth makes sense in an economy where most billionaires’ fortunes come from asset appreciation rather than traditional income.
As ChatGPT put it: “The U.S. could significantly reshape its fiscal and social landscape” — if we can figure out how to make it work in practice.
