BorgWarner Anticipating Rising Turbo Demand, Challenges in Manufacturing
By providing extra punch to smaller displacement engines, turbochargers allow auto makers to provide passenger vehicles with greater fuel efficiency without sacrificing performance.
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TRAVERSE CITY, MI – Powertrain-expert BorgWarner Inc. expects greater demand for its turbocharging technologies as North American auto makers downsize engines to meet a consumer shift from gas-guzzling trucks to more fuel-efficient passenger cars.
However, Joel Wiegert, director-manufacturing, BorgWarner Turbo & Emissions Systems, says the supplier faces a number of production and environmental challenges with its sophisticated variable turbine geometry (VGT) turbochargers and regulated 2-stage systems.
By providing extra punch to smaller displacement engines, turbochargers allow auto makers to provide passenger vehicles with greater fuel efficiency without sacrificing performance.