Having shown the Audi RS5 TDI concept with the technology, Hackenberg confirms that Audi plans to
use electric turbochargers on future models.
Not exact matches
The big impact of the 48 - volt
electric system is that Audi will
use the added power for
electric turbochargers.
One other potential product strategy could be for the production RX - Vision to arrive in 2020 with a new generation of rotary engine, and then for a higher - performance version to overcome the technology's inherit torque deficit by
using 48V - based
electric turbochargers.
The MGU - H system allows AMG to do away with a traditional
turbocharger wastegate — though it still
uses a blowoff valve — because it can regulate boost pressure more precisely with the
electric motor.
As with other SPA Volvos, it can be had with a
turbocharger,
turbocharger and supercharger, or a hybrid that
uses the combustion engine (or
electric motor) to power the front wheels and a motor, only, for the rear.
Using the same 4.0 - litre V8 diesel engine as the Bentley Bentayga, its twin
turbochargers are further boosted by an
electric supercharger for instantaneous power.
Although
using the same 3.5 - liter V6 with combination direct and port injection, it drops the twin
turbochargers in favor of its complementary
electric drive system, making for a total output of 354 horsepower.
It is
used by the luxury SUV Bentayga and it's the same power plant
used by the mighty Audi SQ7: a 4.0 - litre V8 TDI featuring variable - geometry, sequential twin - scroll
turbochargers that are powered by the exhaust gases, while a third
electric supercharger — powered by Bentley's innovative 48V system — spools up within 30 microseconds to minimize turbo lag.
At the heart of the Bentayga diesel is a new 4.0 - liter V8 that
uses two
turbochargers and an
electric supercharger.