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Originally Posted by sendler
The Mercedes F1 engine runs at 50% thermal efficiency due to the electric turbo harvesting all of the available waste heat and gas velocity in the exhaust.
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https://youtu.be/anLDCVD6v1s
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Thanks for that, sendler. Really interesting.
Here is an overly complex setup that allows a very small engine for greater fuel economy: a small, light-weight car, with an engine that is smaller than 1.0L. It would use a combination of a BAS-type eAssist, an exhaust turbo, and a very small electric supercharger for low end torque in the turbo lag seconds. Set up with the ability to harvest heat and kinetic waste energy in a battery with a grid charging ability too... Seems likely to win a Rube Goldberg design award!