Malaysian car maker...
Malaysian car maker Proton"s support for Norwich City FC won it Best Club Sponsorship in the Football League Awards last week. Proton and the Canaries have coached 1,000 children in Malaysia in a Football in the Community campaign: "Sponsorship is more than putting a badge on a shirt," said Norwich"s Andrew Cullen.
The revolutionary blower...
The revolutionary blower features a tiny automatic transmission that switches the supercharger between two gear ratios. This means that it runs extra fast at low engine speeds, to boost pressure and increase low-end torque, resulting in better performance. It then changes up at higher speeds to a more traditional supercharger performance.
The mechanism is entirely self-changing with no electronic, hydraulic or pneumatic control systems.
Developers Antonov Automotive Technologies are using the supercharger to showcase their innovative compact automatic transmission technology which they expect to be adopted for other applications.