In the accelerating quest for greater fuel efficiency, boosting engines--with turbos or superchargers--is one way to pull more power out of a given displacement. Traditionally, superchargers have been ...

A few years ago, Volvo created a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine that made 450 hp with the help of two conventional turbochargers and one electric turbo. It hasn't yet gone into production, but it's ...

Toyota is working on a forced induction system that has an electric supercharger and a turbocharger. We know Toyota has been developing electric superchargers from a previous patent application for a ...

The ever-growing need to make smaller, more efficient engines has forced car manufacturers to rethink the traditional turbos and superchargers. On road cars, the traditional way to get more power out ...

When Kawasaki strapped a supercharger to a Ninja, everyone went wild for the most powerful production motorcycle ever put together. Now, with a new EICMA release, it seems Honda wants to update that ...

When it comes to boosting engine performance, car enthusiasts often debate between superchargers and turbochargers. Both ...

Electrification and advanced transmissions could bring the blower back. Turbocharging has taken over the world. Automakers ...

While most carmakers are busy denouncing the evil diesel engines they've been working on for so long and announcing their plans to go full electric in the future, Mazda is doing none of that. Just a ...

The system uses an electric motor that helps get the turbo impeller up to speed quickly and keep it there even when not under load for peak responsiveness. Kyle Hyatt (he/him/his) hails originally ...

Honeywell chief technology officer Craig Balis spoke with Automotive News about the future of electric turbochargers. Balis said the many advantages of e-turbos will make their way to the mass market ...

Every fortune-teller in the car biz knows that the engine downsizing, down-speeding, and boosting efforts expended to date are but the tip of a metaphorical iceberg that's expanding even as the ...