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freebeard · 10-21-2012, 02:57 PM

Possibly, but VGT doesn't recover electricity from the exhaust gases when it's not in boost. And BMW apparently will use *3* turbos, big little and electric, instead. Maybe they don't have the patents.

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freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 29,083 Thanks: 8,255 Thanked 9,018 Times in 7,451 Posts	Possibly, but VGT doesn't recover electricity from the exhaust gases when it's not in boost. And BMW apparently will use 3 turbos, big little and electric, instead. Maybe they don't have the patents.