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      08-12-2011, 07:35 AM   #136
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Originally Posted by mhrir View Post
Please people! There is no such thing as an "electric" turbocharger. Turbochargers by definition are driven by a turbine which in most applications is powered by exhaust gases. So as has been noted already the engine will have 2 turbochargers and an electric supercharger. Technically a turbocharger is a type of supercharger so to say it is triple supercharged is accurate. A tri-turbo? No way.


Turbo is to Supercharger as Square is to Rectangle

Turbo is a type of supercharger.
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