So I was looking through popular mechanics lastnight night, the issue that has the 100 best inventions or some shit...
saab has a car that runs on ethanol now, 148 hp on gas, but when it smells ethanol it cranks up the boost for something like 189 hp...
honda has changed their hybrid design by using flat wire instead of round wire, allowing them to put more wire in the electrical motor/generator resulting in gains...
but the real winner was the VW. they sell a car in europe now thats only 1.4 liter but has a supercharger AND a turbocharger...
supercharger increases the low end torque from the small displacement motor and then the turbo smashes more air into the tiny motor...
saab has a car that runs on ethanol now, 148 hp on gas, but when it smells ethanol it cranks up the boost for something like 189 hp...
honda has changed their hybrid design by using flat wire instead of round wire, allowing them to put more wire in the electrical motor/generator resulting in gains...
but the real winner was the VW. they sell a car in europe now thats only 1.4 liter but has a supercharger AND a turbocharger...
supercharger increases the low end torque from the small displacement motor and then the turbo smashes more air into the tiny motor...