Audi is now using them for the short time before the turbo spools up. Why can't older MB diesels do the same?

You mean like that crap they sell on ebay?

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A blower and a compressor are 2 very different things.

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Are they actually using them? I thought that was just on the diesel A5 hotrod concept car.

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Audi brings its electric turbocharger closer to production with RS 5 TDI concept

Audi SQ7 coming, will have electric turbo - Autoblog

at 4x the voltage, i could see these being useful where the 12V ebay models are not. go ahead and rig up that 48V power converter and li-ion battery bank, you will be in business!

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