Yeah, it looks pretty cool! I'm not entirely convinced about this
electric supercharger/turbocharger idea... Maybe it will augment
exhaust gasses in spooling the "big" turbo?

On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 12:13 AM, PSD <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote:
> Wait, a TDI augmented with an additional "electric" turbo?
>
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> I believe that's the regular common rail 2.0L TDI augmented with an
> electric turbocharger.  Nifty concept
>
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 7:52 PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> A new 2.0 L four cyl 269 hp engine has just been shown by VW. And the
> thing
>> gets 40-50 mpg.
>>
>> Thats all i can tell you right now. Saw a picture of it an its little
>> monster .
>>
>> John
>>
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> Casey