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Electric Turbo
« on: November 12 2011, 07:15:26 PM »
BMW has officially submitted plans for an electric turbo to the the German patent office, suggesting the technology could become a reality in the not-too-distant future.  In fact, the next-generation M3 could arrive with the technology sometime in 2014.
Working in tandem with a larger, conventional turbo, the electric unit use a small electric motor to power its turbine during the transition from idle to load, which BMW says greatly reduces the phenomenon known as turbo lag
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