{"id":1684,"date":"2020-08-18T23:05:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T04:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evglobe.com\/?p=1684"},"modified":"2020-08-18T23:18:33","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T04:18:33","slug":"porsche-says-electrification-will-save-regular-engines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evglobe.com\/2020\/08\/18\/porsche-says-electrification-will-save-regular-engines\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche Says Electrification Will Save Regular Engines"},"content":{"rendered":"
This is a thought I had a few years ago and it\u2019s one I still mess around with in my head \u2014 hybrids could, and should, save the naturally-aspirated engine. For awhile, I thought I was just another armchair engineer, throwing out ideas on my, at best, extremely limited understanding of automotive engineering. However, now it seems that I may have been right, as Porsche agrees with me.<\/p>\n
At the moment, a naturally-aspirated engine is just as rare as a manual gearbox. Almost every single engine on sale today has at least one turbocharger fitted to it. The reason for that is efficiency. Downsizing an engine and slapping a turbocharger on it allows automakers to keep power levels the same, while usually increasing torque, and also improving the engine\u2019s on-paper efficiency. But the fact of the matter is that those small turbocharged engines aren\u2019t always more efficient in the real world, typically tending to only be efficient when on boost.<\/p>\n
In fact, naturally-aspirated engines can be made to be extremely efficient. The only problem is that it\u2019s difficult to make a naturally-aspirated engine powerful enough to move modern, heavy cars, while still meeting efficiency and emissions regulations. That\u2019s where electrification comes in.<\/p>\n