I was reading a link that was provided in one of the other threads here, the link is to this doc Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information - Sponsored by OSTI In the doc there is one paragraph that mentions the Prius engine has a supercharger , huh?? First I have heard of this. 2.2.1 Engine The design of the 1.5-liter engine in the 2004 Prius is based on the Atkinson Cycle in which compression stroke and expansion stroke duration can be set independently. A supercharger is used with the engine to increase its output. I did not see any other reference to this in the doc, or anywhere else.
No supercharger in the Prius. It's called a Miller Cycle when you pair an Atkinson Cycle ICE with a supercharger.
Over in Prius Technical Stuff, Julian Edgar mentioned writing a five part series on adding a turbo charger to an NHW10 model Prius. Bob Wilson
They probably confused it with the dense charge of compressed hot air coming from all the senior PC members. Tom
Our Tax Dollars At Work :_> I wonder what they were looking at when they thought they saw a supercharger?
