Ohun elo itọsi akọkọ fun turbocharger ti wa ni ọdun 1905, nigbati Dokita Alfred Buchi ti Sulzer Brothers Research and Development Company ṣe itọsi turbocharger akọkọ{2}}agbara kan- supercharger axial. Sibẹsibẹ, nitori ipo ile-iṣẹ lọwọlọwọ, Dokita Buchi ko lagbara lati ṣe agbejade turbocharger ti o munadoko akọkọ. Ni ọdun 1911, Winterthur Supercharger Works ni Siwitsalandi bẹrẹ iṣelọpọ, ati ni ọdun 1915, a ṣe agbejade ẹrọ supercharger ọkọ ofurufu apẹrẹ kan. Ṣaja supercharger yii, ti a fi agbara mu nipasẹ eefi engine, ni akọkọ ti pinnu lati bori ipa odi ti afẹfẹ tinrin ni awọn giga giga. Lakoko Ogun Agbaye II, ṣaja nla kan ti a ṣe nipasẹ General Electric (GE) ṣe iranlọwọ lati tan ọkọ ofurufu si giga ti awọn mita 10,000.
