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Originally Posted by chmura
Electric turbo? Come on now..
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Why the discredit? Electric turbos have some pretty amazing capabilities.
- Virtual zero turbo lag. Your talking full spooling in only a few hundreds milliseconds, packaging flexibility [e.g. plumbing], ECU controlled boost levels.
You'll start seeing these show up a lot as the tech improves. Mazda is rumored to release their 2013 RX-7 with electric turbo[s].