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PHOTO CAPTION: Stephen Scuderi and Lutz Deyerling explain the valve train model on display at FISITA 08 in Munich. (Photo/Bill Wrinn)

Now that the summer season is unofficially over, conference and trade shows are now popping up at a rapid rate. This week the Scuderi Group, led by its European team of Lutz Deyerling and Michael Eisenbeis, is participating in the FISITA 2008 World Automotive Congress in Munich, Germany.

Hosted by the Association of German Engineers, FISITA is celebrating its 60th anniversary and is held every two years in different locations. Held two years ago in Japan, it will take place in Hungary in 2010. The World Congress is an event that caters to a smaller number of automotive executives compared to the year’s bigger trade shows, but it is attended by the top engineers from the world’s largest OEMS. As expected, this made for very high level meetings with automakers from France, Germany, U.S., and Japan, which are also extending to further talks in the next few weeks.

The conference carries a large academic component and conducts dozens of sessions covering 12 topics that demonstrate “the vital role of engineers worldwide in solving current and future transportation challenges. This year’s congress focuses specifically on solutions for sustainable mobility for people and goods in all areas of passenger cars, truck and bus transportation as well as placing emphasis on the development of the future powertrain systems, conservation of the environment and energy resources - Discussions that have made the Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine design a very popular topic among conference attendees this week.

Later in the week after the event’s conclusion, the Scuderi Group will also be holding its Marketing Summit, where members of the global marketing team will gather to finalize plans for the official unveiling of the engine’s first prototype in the spring.

Following FISITA ‘08, the Scuderi Group gets ready to attend and/or participate in the Paris Auto Show in October and the Nagoya (Japan) Eco-Clean Car Show in November.

- Bill Wrinn

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Original post by Tim Allik

Republican presidential contender John McCain is calling for a 300 million dollar government prize for the person who can design a better electric car battery. But could the best battery for hybrid engines actually be … an air tank?

McCain says the prize would be awarded for “the development of a battery package that has the size, capacity, cost, and power to leapfrog the commercially available plug-in hybrids or electric cars.” But what about air?

Instead of using an electric battery, the Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine stores energy in a small air tank that’s attached to the engine, in the form of compressed air that’s generated by the engine itself.

In this podcast, Scuderi Group President Sal Scuderi talks about the McCain challenges - and the special advantages of the Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine over conventional electric hybrids.

Subscribe to the Scuderi Podcast.

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Original post by Tim Allik

Republican presidential contender John McCain is calling for a 300 million dollar government prize for the person who can design a better electric car battery. But could the best battery for hybrid engines actually be … an air tank?

McCain says the prize would be awarded for “the development of a battery package that has the size, capacity, cost, and power to leapfrog the commercially available plug-in hybrids or electric cars.” But what about air?

Instead of using an electric battery, the Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine stores energy in a small air tank that’s attached to the engine, in the form of compressed air that’s generated by the engine itself.

In this podcast, Scuderi Group President Sal Scuderi talks about the McCain challenges - and the special advantages of the Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine over conventional electric hybrids.

Subscribe to the Scuderi Podcast.

Tags: Scuderi, Group,, Scuderi, Air-Hybrid, Engine,, electric, hybrid,, John, McCain,, McCain, challenge,, batteries,, environment,, energy,

Original post by Tim Allik

Former journalist, PR agency professional to lead efforts to promote revolutionary engine technology

BILL WRINN

The Scuderi Group has named Bill Wrinn as director of the company’s global marketing and communications initiatives.

Reporting to the company’s vice president of sales and marketing, Wrinn is responsible for building awareness of the Scuderi Group and the company’s Air-Hybrid Engine to the automotive industry and the investment and business communities worldwide.

The company’s revolutionary Scuderi Engine Technology – the most significant improvement in engine performance in decades – can be applied to any internal combustion engine.

“Bill’s many years of experience raising the visibility of companies developing new technologies will help further propel the Scuderi Group as a driving force in engine innovation,” said Sal Scuderi, president of the Scuderi Group. “We are very excited about the new dimension Bill brings to our organization.”

A native of Ludlow and resident of Gloucester, Wrinn has a wide range of media communications, marketing and publishing experience, spanning more than 20 years. A former news, government and education reporter, he has worked in public relations for the past eight years, with a focus on the technology, consumer and academic industries. As a director and senior counsel with PR firm Topaz Partners, Wrinn has overseen the agency’s work with the Scuderi Group for the last three years.

As director of marketing and communications, he will continue to collaborate with Topaz on PR and social media initiatives as well as other Scuderi marketing and PR partners.

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Original post by Tim Allik

By Henning Peitsmeier, July 22, 2008

An idea is electrifying car users: mobility out of a socket. In times of high gasoline prices many car drivers, including commuters and low-income earners, are dreaming of an alternative to the gas-guzzling conventional combustion engine. Who would hold it against them? Since the price of a liter of gasoline has soared to levels above €1.50, calls for plug-in electrical cars have resounded throughout the land. In theory, they not only save the owner money but also the environment – at least if the electricity is generated by wind, sun or nuclear power plants …

Read the full article here.

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The Scuderi Group has secured patent protection for five more inventions of The Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine technology. This enhances The Scuderi Group’s global patent portfolio to more than 62 pending and 35 issued in more than 50 countries.

Five core technologies that The Scuderi Group recently patented worldwide:

Original post by Tim Allik

Here’s a YouTube version of the June 12, 2008 profile of the Scuderi Group and its Air-Hybrid Engine on CBS 3 in Springfield, available on the Scuderi Group’s YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/ScuderiGroup.

Original post by Tim Allik

By Lutz Deyerling
VP European Operations, Scuderi Group

The overall worldwide automotive (and engine market) is undergoing a major change unlike ever before. This change affects all players in the market, OEM´s, suppliers, new technologies, consumers and investors. There has been shocking news about the US OEM´s every day. Yesterday, for example, for the first time an analyst from Merrill Lynch said that one of the top three automakers could go bankrupt soon

Scuderi European Vice President Lutz Deyerling addresses the crowd gathered to view the first model of the Air-Hybrid Engine at the 2008 Engine Expo in Stuttgart, Germany in May.

Wednesday’s auto news was a parade of negative earnings reports, mostly based on consumer reaction to rising fuel costs and engine inefficiency. In June, one US OEM lost 18% in sales, another 28%, while yet another big manufacturer went down 36%. Many have serious problems – none of them are able to cut costs fast enough to keep up with the cash drain. (Double digit millions of dollars daily!). This phenomenon is driven by the fact that US drivers are now shifting away from SUV´s and pick-up-trucks and seriously looking for smaller and more fuel efficient vehicles – which almost none of the US OEM´s have in their portfolio. This is a really dangerous scenario and could end in a vicious circle.

The Financial Times Germany, who has been running an editorial series called “the future of the automobile” also writes this in a recent article, the last sentence stating: “Maybe in the future they will say, these were the years, where afterwards nothing was as it had been before.”

Read the story here.

In Germany, a major discussion about electric vehicles and batteries started last week with an

“>article about a study from Professor Dudenhoefer, who heads the well known CAR (Center of Automotive Research) at the University of Gelsenkirchen:

The article states: “A huge revolution, the end of gasoline and diesel vehicles”. From 2010 onwards, electric and hybrid vehicles will replace vehicles with internal combustion engines.

There have been several reactions on this article – for example also the CEO of Volkswagen, Prof. Winterkorn said: “the future of the automobile is the battery”. The “hype” culminated in a 16 pages article (which also was the top story) in Germany´s Wirtschaftswoche, a highly respected business magazine.

But as the article also states, many of these OEMs, suppliers and others are finding themselves having to look “Green” and environmentally friendly, even when they aren’t…

A time of change of this magnitude creates an even bigger opportunity to address the immediate benefits of the air-hybrid engine technology. While we continue to further licensing talks with many of the major OEMs around the world, the first gasoline prototype is on schedule to be completed by the end of the year. There is currently historical interest in the Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine, which would give OEMs tremendous relief in several areas:

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By Matt DeLuica, CBS 3, Springfield, MA

Solar, hydrogen, and even water are all being developed as fuels of the future, and no matter what the brand, those behind the ideas just want to keep you from buying gasoline. But, West Springfield-based Scuderi Group is developing an engine that still runs on gas, but not nearly as much.

“The key to really gaining on saving energy is to improve the efficiency of the internal combustion engine, and we’re about the only ones who really have a good shot at making that happen,” Scuderi said.

In a nutshell, Scuderi says his split-cycle engine will increase fuel efficiency by as much as 30 percent. Combine that with a hybrid, and it’s 50 percent. That means you would fill-up half as often. But, that cannot possibly make the oil companies happy, or can it?

Watch the CBS 3 story.

Original post by Tim Allik

Recovered from jet lag and with a good night’s sleep behind them, the Scuderi Team was ready for another full day of exhibiting at the 2008 Engine Expo in Stuttgart, Germany. With a the remainder of the materials finally released from German Customs, there was plenty of information to distribute to the hundreds of visitors that showed to learn more about the Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine.

The centerpiece of the exhibit - the first model of the engine that features the valve train assembly - continued to draw a crowd as many onlookers watched the revolving model while getting more of a multimedia demonstration via the Scuderi DVD. Several major OEMs spent lots of time in the booth talking with engineers about nuances of the engine and how it can achieve historial fuel efficiency levels and product up to 80 percent less toxins than all the conventional and hybrid vehicles on the road today.

The booth is located right next to the Open Technology Forum, which was the stage for this year’s Engine of the Year Awards. This year, taking the prize for Green Engine of the Year 2008 was Toyota with it 1.5-litre Hybrid Synergy Drive (Prius). Just edging out the BMW Diesel 2-litre 118d and 318d, the Toyota engine claimed the award for “still being the greenest engine that the automotive industry can provide, and still unbeatable by any other concept,” stated the judges report. The Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine was not eligible for the award this year. Wth the award-winning engines lining one side of the Scuderi booth, it gave some of the top engineering executives from Volkswagen, BMW, Porsche, and Subaru additional opportunities to learn more about the Scuderi Air-Hybrid.

Day Three promises to be another busy day, starting with an offsite meeting at a major OEM and continued discussions with European engineers and media visiting the booth. Stay tuned!

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After many hours of travel via trains, planes and automobiles, the Scuderi team arrived at the brand new Stuttgart Messa on Tuesday for the opening of the 2008 Engine Expo, Europe’s premier trade show focusing on engine design and development. This is the third consecutive year the Scuderi Group and its Air-Hybrid Engine had participated in the event.

For the first time, an actual model of what is expected to be the world’s most fuel efficient internal combustion engine was on display at the exhibit. Showcased on a revolving stand in the center of the booth, the model attracted steady crowds of engineers, investors, students and the media. This is the first time an actual model of the Scuderi engine has been available for public viewing and features the split cycle arrangement and valve train that was recently proven by an independent laboratory to match or exceed all earlier computer simulated predictions. And the OEMs definitely took notice as many of their research and development teams poked, prodded and inquired about the innovative features of the engine.

Another highlight of the day was a presentation by Scuderi Group president Sal Scuderi to a packed Open Technology Forum where he participated in the Reducing Emissions track. Titled, “Air Could Be the Answer,” Sal explored the idea of using compressed air to reduce vehicle emissions. In his presentation, he highlighted that the Scuderi Air-Hybrid - with its air tank that captures wasted energy in the form of compressed air - has the potential of increasing fuel efficiency to historical levels and reduce the release of NOx by up to 80 percent compared to all the vehicles on the road today. He also discussed how the Air-Hybrid is expected to have considerably more torque an power over conventional engines with minimal manufacturing and retooling costs.

The day was capped off by the Scuderi Group’s annual booth buffet reception, where over 200 engineers and press attended and had the chance to learn more about the Air-Hybrid technology.

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E. Phil Haley of Life on the Road - Trucking News Blog recently interviewed Scuderi Group President Sal Scuderi about the Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine.

“Near the end of January,” writes Phil, “I published a post at Life on the Road regarding the Scuderi Split-Cycle engine; an engine design improvement that, in my opinion, is the most important since Rudolph Diesel improved on the work of Nicolaus Otto.

When The Scuderi Group became aware of a post focusing on their efforts they offered me an opportunity to interview their President; and I accepted. The interview is pretty interesting and, hopefully, I’ll have an opportunity to do a follow up interview in the fall.”

To listen to the interview, click here.

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WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass., USA – The Scuderi Group, developer of the world’s most fuel efficient internal combustion engine, has announced that Bosch Engineering GmbH will assist in the prototype development of the Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine. As one of the world’s leading engineering services company, Bosch Engineering will apply its expertise to the development of the timing system for the gasoline and diesel prototypes.

Specifically, Bosch will assist the Scuderi Group and its independent laboratory in defining the technical requirements, supplying component specifications, such as the fuel injection system itself. The team will start by focusing on the Otto (spark ignition combustion) cycle and then address the diesel cycle.

“Bringing the top tier talent of Bosch Engineering to our team developing the Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine provides exceptional engineering resources that will help advance the Scuderi Engine technology,” commented Sal Scuderi, president of the Scuderi Group.

As announced recently, the first independent lab report has predicted that the Scuderi Split-Cycle Engine under full-load (FL) conditions provides higher power, torque, and efficiency ratings than are currently attainable by the conventional turbocharged engines used in vehicles today.

The Scuderi Engine

The Scuderi Split-Cycle Engine is expected to provide significant improvements in the area of power, efficiency, and environmental protection. The Scuderi Group has made these latest improvements by focusing on fluid and thermodynamics in the engine core. The results of state-of-the-art modeling and testing indicate:

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BRUSSELS (AFP) - The European Commission will propose this week to set carbon dioxide targets for cars based on their weight as sought by German carmakers, although some key points still have to be ironed out, officials said.

Under plans from the Commission, new passenger cars would be required to emit on average no more than 120 grammes per kilometre travelled as of 2012, which would represent a cut of about 25 percent from current levels.

Automakers would be required to limit average emissions across their fleet to 130 grammes per kilometer by improving the technology they use.

A cut of a further 10 grammes will be sought through improvements to air-conditioning systems, tyre pressure monitoring and gear shift indicators, while the use of biofuels would also be stepped up.

Read the rest of the AFP story here.

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By Tom Shea

Update time.

Visiting subjects of past columns.

His legacy: Lifetime of ideas for a better world (Sept. 25, 2004)

Carm Scuderi died five years ago. He was 77.

His idea lives.

The son of Sicilian immigrants, he believed that you could accomplish anything you put your mind to, and instilled the same attitude in his eight children when they grew up on Springfield’s Prospect Street.

Carm was a Navy man in World War II. He had two hobbies - his family and work. Even when the family went to the beach, he’d bring a pad and pencil. He was a workaholic, but never missed an event his children were involved in. And, every night, he insisted on washing the dishes. It was his way of thanking his wife, Alvera, for another delicious meal.

After graduating in 1952 from the University of Massachusetts, Carm spent nearly 50 years inventing, developing, testing, producing and commercializing technology while working for and consulting with the Navy, Air Force, Hamilton Standard, Raytheon.

At 73, Carm decided to reinvent the internal combustion engine.

“The internal combustion engine is only 33 percent efficient,” Sal Scuderi, Carm’s second son, told me four years ago. “My father thought he could do better.”

Working with old textbooks from UMass undergraduate days, an out-of-date computer, paper, pencil and calculator, Carm came up with a two-paired cylinder connected to a gas transfer chamber.

Last month, The New York Times featured the Scuderi split-cycle engine.

It reported that the Scuderi Group of West Springfield is preparing diesel and gasoline prototypes for release by 2009.

Read the rest of the story.

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