Weekly automotive pit stop: BWA TurboCell likely attractive to hyperscalers

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Weekly automotive pit stop: BWA TurboCell likely attractive to hyperscalers

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Weekly automotive pit stop: BWA

TurboCell likely attractive to hyperscalers

Price Objective Change

BWA TurboCell likely attractive to hyperscalers; Raise PO 12 June 2026

We hosted an expert call with Luke Saladyga, current CTO at VoltaGrid & former Data Equity

Center Architect at Oracle, to discuss automakers' and suppliers’ emergence into non- Global

auto end markets. We think BorgWarner has one of the most significant near-term Autos/Car Manufacturers

opportunities to capitalize on growing AI-related data center demand through its

TurboCell product, particularly because the product’s technical specifications appear AlexanderResearch AnalystPerry

credible, leveraging widely available automotive turbo components (80% of the BofAS

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components are auto-related ) packaged into a turbine generator system to be used for aperry3@bofa.com

both primary power and backup generation. In addition, BorgWarner should benefit from Jack Joyce, CFA

its sourcing capabilities, procurement expertise, manufacturing scale, and long history of Research Analyst

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industrialization in autos. The expert noted that speed to market is one of the most +1 646 556 2798

important buying criteria and thinks BorgWarner will be able to scale quickly. The expert jack.joyce@bofa.com

also sees an opportunity in BorgWarner’s BESS offering, which appears more

performance-oriented than typical grid-scale battery systems, as well as in its inverter

solutions, particularly as the industry shifts toward 800-volt architectures — an area

where BorgWarner has years of automotive experience. We raise our PO to $78 (from Stock symbol key

$65) based on an EV of 7.5x our C27E adj.