What does an electric supercharger do?
What does an electric supercharger do? A supercharger also pumps additional air into the engine, but it is instead driven mechanically by the engine via a belt that runs off the crankshaft or by an electric motor. In a typical turbocharger like this one, the compressor in the silvery intake housing pulls in and compresses air which then feeds the engine. How good is an electric turbo? An electric turbo doesn't work like that. It's going to consume additional energy from the engine, because you need to burn additional fuel to provide additional electricity from the alternator to charge the...