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Originally Posted by frostbitten
to keep power up couldn't you essentially make an alternator that is dedicated to power the electric super/turbo charger?
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An arc generator should work as a viable power source right?
On a serious note, how about instead of an alternator dedicated to power the electric supercharger, an alternate battery instead charged by solar cells or "ram air miniature windmills"
though I still think an arc generator would be better...
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Originally Posted by neutron256
Yes in theory it can work. Most often it's proposed as a dual stage setup by manufacturers where the electric blower would kick in first, then the actual turbo. It's probably pretty tricky to implement since as far as I know it hasn't made an appearance on any production car even though its been talked about forever.
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Actually, BMW is set to release the next gen M3's with a Tri-Turbo system with one of the turbo's being electric supercharger, most likely to spool one of the other two turbos.