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Only if he runs at full power all the time. Most cars most of the time would be fine with just 20kW of drive power. Also, the 75% of fuel energy which never makes it to the crankshaft is a mix of noise, exhaust gas thermal & kinetic energy and heat rejection from the casing and the cooling system, so you'd need a ton of heat recovery equipment to get it all back.