> Obviously you're taking torque from the engine to do so, but that's a strategic consideration.

but drivers dislike do not being in control the harvesting and deployment (which apparently would be too complex to be manual), while fans dislike cars clipping out on straights.

Regenerative brakes (maybe even on front wheels!) would be great, but they are not enough to charge the battery given the current split. MGU-H was also a great invention, but was phased out apparently for complexity.

Next year the power output split will be tweaked to make clipping less extreme, but won't solve allt he issues.