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Originally Posted by Summerwolf
I think we see skeptical people not just concerned about final numbers with vehicles that have hybrid technology or cylinder deactivation. See it everyday with CVT trans and even average people complain about it never shifting. A lot of manufacters have actually switched to making a CVT sound/feel like it shifts now. New technology is developing everyday. I mean even turbos took a while to catch on for mass use. IDK, interesting debate though!
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The big difference there is that the CVT is something the average person can actually feel. To reference another past innovation that I got to experience was when disc brakes came out. People that were used to standing on unpowered drum systems complained bitterly that the discs grabbed too much and were dangerous. This is something they can feel and experience. Place a traditional SC and an electric SC in the same car and I highly doubt even car guys could tell you which is which much less the average buyer. If most of the buyers went to a dealer and were told "this car has a supercharger' most of the responses would be "what is a supercharger?" not "belt driven or electric".