Electric turbocharging is biggest trend going right when it comes to engine innovation, and now Mercedes-AMG is considering the new technology for use in future small-displacement, high-output engines in compact cars, including the next CLA 45 AMG.
The current 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA 45 AMG produces an enormous 360 horsepower and 331 pound-feet of torque from its traditionally turbocharged 2.0-liter engine. Not exactly lacking, but Mercedes-AMG compact car boss, Steffen Jastrow, recently told Auto Express that more power is needed and electric turbos are likely the way forward for compact AMGs.
?Of course we need more power for the next-generation of cars, but electrification does not mean we have to use an electric drivetrain,? says Jastrow. ?They have to be faster and e-turbos are an option. We use them in motorsport, but the technology has to be payable for the customer.?
If it happens, we?ll probably see AMG?s first electric-turbocharged cars after the next A-Class (which will also spawn a new CLA and GLA) debuts in in 2017.
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