Why can’t we use the heat from combustion to make cars more efficient?

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Can we use the heat to boil water to turn a turbine? Or would the water never cool enough to be used again?

What about using the heat to create pressure and then releasing the pressure to help move the fly wheel?

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Because of size issues.

You need the boiler, the turbines, the dynamo. And you need a constant influx of water. And a stock of water to evaporate.

For all it takes, you’d consume more energy to make it work than you’ll get.

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