Talk:Electrically assisted turbocharger

"" The electrical motors run at speeds in excess of 120,000 rpm and when used as generators, generate electricity at 98.5% electrical efficiency."" includes turbine ? some refs would be nice Wdl1961 (talk) 14:00, 25 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Added Turbo Electric Ltd technology which is similar but targeted at gas-turbine engines. Also removed the "one source" tag since this is now from at least 2 sources. Grahamatwp (talk) 23:36, 23 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Starting 2014, Formula 1 uses Hybrid turbochargers in their new V6 engines. However, this is not noted yet in the article. 77.174.68.249 (talk) 09:27, 12 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This article is not about hybrid turbochargers

No longer a wikimember, so no four tildes here, but be aware that "hybrid turbocharger" has absolutely nothing to do with electric motors spinning up turbos. A hybrid turbo is, and has been for at least 25 years, a modified turbocharger that utilises parts from various models of turbo to take the best characteristics. Think of it as a chimaera of a turbo. Spinning turbos with an electric motor is what is known as an "electric turbocharger", even when combined with an exhaust gas impeller. So, this article is all wrong. I would rewrite but I no longer have a wiki account and refuse to sign up for a new one since wikipedia got all "sign your comment with four tildes" 10 years ago or so. I only care that the article is wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.132.24.21 (talk) 00:09, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

William A. Kelley (talk) 17:09, 14 February 2015 (UTC) I came to look up what a hybrid turbocharger is, having seen many and was looking for a definition. The hybrid turbochargers for sale out there are mechanically coupled precisely like "no longer a wiki member" says, and have no electrical connections at all. So at best this is the wrong name, at worst this beast isnt out there.William A. Kelley (talk) 17:09, 14 February 2015 (UTC) William A. Kelley (talk) 19:28, 14 February 2015 (UTC)http://www.aeristech.co.uk/ calls this a "full electric turbocharger", not a hybrid.William A. Kelley (talk) 19:28, 14 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This article is COMPLETELY factually incorrect

This should be removed completely.

Here is a link to a a good page accurately describing hybrid turbochargers: http://www.hybridturbos.com/what-is-a-hybrid-turbo — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.254.75.195 (talk) 07:37, 14 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This article needs to be renamed

It should be renamed to something like Hybrid/Split-Electric turbocharger. While I can see why a layman would think this type of split electric turbo-charger could be called a hybrid, due to the use of the term with electric-petrol hybrid engines, it is not correctly used here; Anyone in the industry can verify this.

The term "Hybrid turbocharger" has a prior meaning to indicate an aftermarket turbocharger that is a mix of different types (e.g. mismatching impeller or different non-OE sized intake/output diameters). This link suggests the term was in use in 1985, pre-dating any electric hybrid idea by decades! https://www.turbotechnics.com/turbochargers/hybrid-performance/what-is-a-hybrid-turbo/

I'd do it myself but I don't know how to rename a whole page! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.178.219.82 (talk) 22:49, 6 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]