By Frank Langfitt, February 23, 2009 After years of producing gas guzzlers, automakers are focusing more on electric vehicles. At auto shows across the country, the companies are rolling out a variety of electric vehicles. They may pay off one day, but making electric vehicles affordable and practical will take years. Listen now. Read more about "NPR: Electric Cars Still Years Away From Paying Off"...
New Highly Efficient Scuderi Split Cycle Air Hybrid Engine - Motorsport Engineer The Scuderi Group in West Springfield, Massachusetts, has recently developed the "Scuderi Split Cycle Air Hybrid Engine" (catchy I know). It is effectively a split-cycle internal combustion engine, but its revolutionary design has modified the common Otto cycle and instead of being only 33% efficient as most engines are, this new system is (in testing) claiming to reach efficiency levels of 40% far and above any other internal combustion engine, and best of all at this level up-to 80% of the toxic and atmosphere damaging gases are not present. Read more about "Wrap-up of Recent Scuderi Group News Coverage "...
February 9, 2009 – After several years of extensive research, development, and patent preparation, the Scuderi Group announced today the assembly of the proof-of-concept prototype for its Scuderi Split-Cycle Engine. The highly anticipated prototype will undergo further testing and analysis and will be officially unveiled to the automotive industry April 20 at the 2009 SAE World Congress in Detroit. The one-liter, naturally aspirated gasoline prototype is expected to produce up to 80% less toxins than a typical internal combustion engine. And when fully developed with its turbo charged and air hybrid components, it is expected to... Read more about "Podcast: First Scuderi Engine Prototype Assembled"...
President Barack Obama is expected to grant a waiver allowing California and some other states to enforce their own greenhouse-gas emission standards on autos. According to the LA Times, this move would obligate automakers to produce cars that are far more efficient than those called for under current federal standards. The Scuderi Group recognizes that automotive manufacturers are under tremendous pressure due to the current global economic crisis and sharply lower sales of vehicles. With more stringent fuel emissions regulations now likely, the industry will face even greater challenges in the months and years ahead. Read more about "Scuderi Group Position Statement on Likely State Emissions Regulations Waiver"...
The Bush administration has elected not to issue final rules for CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) standards for the 2011 – 2015 automotive model years as previously planned. A written statement issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation said that “recent financial difficulties of the automobile industry will require the next administration to conduct a thorough review of matters affecting the industry, including how to effectively implement" a new energy law requiring tougher standards. The Scuderi Group – developers of what is expected to be the most fuel efficient internal combustion engine – welcomes this development. Read more about "Scuderi Group Position on CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) Standards"...
By Kate Galbraith, The New York Times, January 8, 2009 Edward J. Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat known as an advocate of higher fuel-efficiency standards in automobiles, is set to become the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment, according to a report in the Boston Globe. The elevation is good news for environmentalists. My colleague John Broder has described Mr. Markey as "a frustrated advocate for automobile fuel efficiency and energy conservation legislation in his 15 terms in Congress." Read more at www.nytimes.com. Read more about "Markey To Chair Key House Energy Subcommittee"...
BERLIN (AFP) — Germany's renowned car industry must start producing cleaner, more innovative models if it hopes to remain competitive, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in an interview published Sunday. Merkel told the Bild am Sonntag newspaper that the sector that invented the world's first automobile more than a century ago must remain on the cutting edge by developing "green" models. She said her government was willing to help by financing research that could be used in the development of more innovative cars and trucks but offered no details. "Now Germany is in a new kind of competition... Read more about "Merkel: German Cars Need to 'Go Green' to Compete"...
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. USA – Jan. 19, 2009 – The Scuderi Group, developers of what is expected to be the world’s most fuel efficient internal combustion engine, announced today that it has received over $20 million in additional private funding. This brings the total amount of funds raised to date to over $35 million. The Scuderi Engine is an entirely new internal combustion process that could be the most significant improvement in engine efficiency in over 130 years. It is a split-cycle design that divides the four strokes of a standard engine over a paired combination of one (intake/compression)... Read more about "The Scuderi Group Announces $20 Million in Additional Funding "...
Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray met with the Scuderi Group in West Springfield. WWLP-TV reported about the meeting - and the Scuderi Group's air-hybrid technology -on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008: Read more about "WWLP: Mass. Lt. Gov. Tim Murray Meets with Executives from the Scuderi Group "...
It's clear given a recent CNN poll that it's going to take a lot for the Big Three to reclaim the trust and faith of the American driving consumer any time soon. Read more about "Help is here. Innovation has to be taken seriously."...