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Originally Posted by Christ
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I seem to remember that it just takes too much electrical power to create enough airflow at high engine speeds to actually create a supercharger's effect of increasing intake volume by any reasonable amount.
In fact, many of the "electric superchargers" that were tested restricted airflow, keeping the manifold under vacuum even under full "boost" conditions.
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That's what I was thinking. I am giving it the benefit of the doubt for now and just specumalatin'. Maybe I'm giving Treehugger too much credit.
Who is "Controller Power Technologies"? :
Controlled Power Technologies... Background
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Controlled Power Technologies Limited was founded in early 2007 by senior automotive executives to focus on carbon reduction issues.
Asset and technology acquisitions from Visteon Corporation, together with the signing of associated licensing and collaboration agreements with Switched Reluctance Drives Limited, give the new company immediate access to a portfolio of production-ready and near-term solutions to the problem of automotive CO2 reduction.
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“Following adoption of the EU legislation to limit average CO2 automotive emissions from 2012, and an increasing focus on emission reduction in the US, the need for carbon abatement is rapidly growing in importance,” said the company’s chief executive Nick Pascoe. “Coupled with increasing fuel prices, company car tax determined by CO2 emissions and increasing costs of diesel powertrains, there is now stronger demand than ever before for cost-effective fuel-efficient technologies.”
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Ok, it looks like they're carving a niche out of the EU emissions legislation.
Now, who is Visteon? :
Visteon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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... one of the world's largest suppliers of automotive parts. The company formed in 1997 and spun off from the Ford Motor Company in 2000. In 2005, Visteon moved to new headquarters in Van Buren Township, Michigan. Visteon is to the Ford Motor Company as Delphi is to General Motors and Denso is to Toyota.
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Sooooo, at least Visteon is the real deal. But maybe they sold their "rotten fruit" to CPT.
"Switched Reluctance Drives Limited" is for real too :
Switched Reluctance Drives
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