HONDA's latest = the 'leaf blower turbo' is back!

[Ishrub]

HONDA's latest = the 'leaf blower turbo' is back!
And its a triple testbed for larger engine sizes!

Where turbochargers run off exhaust gas pressure, and superchargers are driven directly off the engine's output shaft, Honda's e-compressor runs off battery power. This completely decouples it from engine speed; the ECU can force as much air into the intakes as it wants at any time. Honda's engineers can use this to completely eliminate any kind of lag waiting for the boost to kick in, or tune it for all kinds of efficiency and performance gains.

https://newatlas.com/motorcycles/honda-v3-ic-engine/?utm_source=New+Atlas+Subscribers&utm_campaign=3826a6fcc4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_11_06_11_46&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65b67362bd-3826a6fcc4-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

 

[cootertwo]

"Transformer"...............

 

[Jagster]

I looks like a very neatly packaged and intelligently thought out piece of engineering. Forced air induction system looks very interesting.
It reminds me of when the VFR750 (RC24) was shown in it's stripped down form. With just the engine and chassis and no bodywork.
In 1985/86 that RC24 looked lean, pure & a thing of quality.
This one looks the same to me, in essence. .....just 38 years later.........where did the time go?