  Reversible in operando control of friction is an unsolved challenge crucial
to industrial tribology. Recent studies show that at low sliding velocities,
this control can be achieved by applying an electric field across electrolyte
lubricants. However, the phenomenology at high sliding velocities is yet
unknown. In this paper, we investigate the hydrodynamic friction across
electrolytes under shear beyond the transition to turbulence. We develop a
novel, highly parallelised, numerical method for solving the coupled
Navier-Stokes Poisson-Nernest-Planck equation. Our results show that turbulent
drag cannot be controlled across dilute electrolyte using static electric
fields alone. The limitations of the Poisson-Nernst-Planck formalism hints at
ways in which turbulent drag could be controlled using electric fields.
