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WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass.--March 6, 2006--The Scuderi Group, an engine
development company currently building the break-through Scuderi Air-Hybrid
Engine, announced today that it has received over $8 million in funding
from numerous private investors since kicking off its official fundraising
campaign last summer. This funding, which includes a $1.2 million award
from the U.S. government, is being used to continue developing what is
designed to be the world's most fuel efficient internal combustion engine.
Currently in production at Southwest Research, a world renowned independent laboratory in San Antonio, Texas, the Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine will allow diesel and gasoline automobiles, commercial vehicles and other applications powered by internal combustion engines to be 60 percent fuel efficient (compared to today's 33 percent), reduce toxic emissions by 80 percent, while making it easier and less expensive to incorporate the technology into today's automobile manufacturing process.
Designs for the air-hybrid engine will be discussed and on display April 3-6 at the SAE World Congress exhibition being held at the Cobo Center in Detroit. (Booth # 2561)
"Consumers are demanding better fuel efficiency in their vehicles and less dependence on foreign oil. And we believe the investment community has identified our technology as being poised to meet this demand, especially as the automobile industry struggles to increase the value of their products," said Sal Scuderi, president of the Scuderi Group.
The engine has also reached the attention of the U.S. government, which recently awarded The Scuderi Group $1.2 million in federal funding to further the development of its engine. Led by U.S. Rep. John W. Olver (D-MA), the grant is part of the Department of Defense Appropriations Bill passed by Congress.
The Scuderi Technology can be applied to any piston engine, from very small gasoline powered lawn mowers engines to very large diesel powered train engines. The technology is patented worldwide with six patents issued and several pending in over 45 countries. The Scuderi Group plans to license the technology to qualified engine manufacturers.
The Scuderi Group includes experts in fluid and thermodynamics, engine technology, patent and commercial law, licensing, government relations, business management and finance. The technology is based on the research and inventions of the late Carmelo Scuderi (1925-2002) who spent over 40 years inventing, developing and commercializing new technology. He is best known in the engineering profession for his oil-less compressor technology, which changed the method used by the refrigeration and air-conditioning market to recycle ozone-depleting refrigerant chemicals.
About The Scuderi Group
Based in West Springfield, Mass., The Scuderi Group is an engine development company focused on improving the performance of the internal combustion engine. The revolutionary Scuderi Engine Technology is the most significant improvement in engine performance in decades and can be applied to any internal combustion engine including gasoline, diesel, bio-diesel, and natural gas. The Scuderi Engine, along with its Air-Hybrid feature, is expected to almost double vehicle mileage and reduce toxic emissions by as much as 80 percent. Besides improving efficiency and reducing emissions, the Scuderi Air-Hybrid Technology also improves power and performance at a cost that is thousands of dollars below the current hybrid systems. The Scuderi Technology is patented worldwide with six patents issued and several pending in over 45 countries. For more information call 413-439-0343 or visit on the Web at www.scuderigroup.com.
Moving Engine Technology into the 21st Century
The first four-stroke piston engine was developed in 1876. This four-stroke piston arrangement is still the primary design of engines built today.
Today’s engines operate at only 33% efficiency. This means that only 1/3 of the energy in each gallon of fuel is used - the rest is lost through friction and heat.
With over a billion engines currently in use worldwide, even small gains in efficiency will have huge impacts on the economy, dependency on foreign oil, and the environment.
Despite immense efforts over the past century, engine efficiency has remained the same.
THE HEART OF THE ENGINE NEEDS TO CHANGE.
The heart of the internal combustion engine is a piston moving up and down in a cylinder connected to a crankshaft. Its simplicity makes improving performance almost impossible. Small improvements have proven difficult and large improvements have been considered impossible.
Improving the four-stroke piston design has become the Rubik’s Cube® of engineering, a puzzle that nobody has been able to solve – UNTIL NOW
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While the industry struggles for gains in the 1% range, the design of the Scuderi Split-Cycle Technology pushes engine efficiency and performance to an entirely new level.
What happens when you solve the Rubik’s Cube of Engineering?
Simple - You Change the World.
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PROVEN RESULTS
A world-renowned independent research laboratory has verified the innovative technology of the Scuderi Split-Cycle Engine.
Studies showed engine efficiency increases from 33% to almost 40% while toxic emissions are reduced by as much as 80%.
- The impact of this technology is simply staggering:
- This technology not only saves energy but also increases the power of an engine while significantly reducing its cost.
- Vehicles will be able to exceed all current mileage and emission standards without compromising size or performance.
- Consumers would save billions of dollars in fuel costs. Reduction in emissions would be in the hundreds of millions of tons per year.
By improving the heart of the engine, any piston engine – from motorcycles to trains – can be designed around this technology.
THE SCUDERI SPLIT-CYCLE Technology – Making every engine burn cleaner, with more power and higher efficiency.