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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.

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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

According to the latest Kelley Blue Book Marketing Research studies, the vast majority (nearly 90 percent) of car shoppers say they are concerned about the future of the environment.

Among the survey respondents, 80 percent believe that individuals should make lifestyle changes in order to reduce CO2 emissions.

Furthermore, 75 percent of shoppers say they have made changes to further the betterment of the environment, with the top lifestyle changes mentioned being recycling (54 percent), cutting back on driving (46 percent) and purchasing a fuel-efficient car (31 percent).

Read more on www.kkb.com.

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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.

Original post by Tim Allik

For those of you riding the euphoria around the hopes and dreams of the electric car battery, an article from page one of Germany’s Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung warning you not to hold your breath. The internal combustion engine is going to dominate the engine market for at least another 20 years.

But you can breathe easier. Until that great day when the world can discard thier fossil fuel-burning vehicles, the solution is in alternative internal combustion technologies.

The Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine is one technology that will get the world’s engines to better fuel efficiency in a less polluting manner. And early studies are showing that while the engine will have significant gains in efficiency, it will produce up to 80 percent less NOx than the current hybrid and conventional vehicles on the road today.

Read the full article in German here. (English version to be posted here soon…)

Original post by Bill Wrinn

As the debate continues around the merits and drawbacks of the electric hybrid battery, here’s an article from Manager Magazin in Germany that discusses the use of diesel engines and their continued dominance over hybrid engines through 2015.

From the article:

Hybrids work only for Niches
How does the next generation powertrain look like considering today’s oil prices? Bosch does not believe in a victory of the hybrid concepts, since these cars are in need of carrying two engines on board. And Opel as well does not believe in a fast adoption of electric vehicles. This raises hope for the Diesel.

The automotive supplier Bosch is convinced that the hybrid technology will only succeed in a niche for a long time. In contrast will diesel and gasoline engines be the dominant powertrains fort he next 10 years.

This has told Bernd Bohr, Global Head of Automotive at Bosch, the German car magazine “Auto Motor Sport”. “In the year 2015 we project 2.0mn to 3.0mn new cars with hybrid powertrains and 800,000 plug-in electric vehicles.” The amount of new cars to be sold in 2015 is forecasted at 80mn vehicles: “The percentage of gasoline and diesel engines will stay significantly above those of hybrid & electric cars.”, Mr Bohr is cited. Bosch also predicts that the global market shares of Diesels will rise by 5% to 28% until 2015.
Also plug-in hybrid vehicles that are charged via socks are no ideal solution. A hybrid powertrain remains very heavy and expensive, says Bohr: “You have on board a complete combustion engine plus exhaust treatment system, tank and the electric infrastructure like electric power device and the battery“

Despite the strong rise in prices for diesel, Bohr does not see stagnating demand for diesel cars. In markets like France has the percentage of diesel cars has even recently risen from 70% to 80% because of the newly introduced CO2 tax. Diesel engines have a 30% better mileage compared to gasoline cars and therefore tops even gasoline hybrids. The CO2 saving goals of the European Union are only achievable according to Bohr: “if diesel cars at least remain on the 50% mark in new vehicle sales in Europe”….

For the full article, click here.

Original post by Bill Wrinn

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

“&gtarticle 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:

Original post by Lutz Deyerling

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

The Independent
By Danny Fortson, Business Correspondent
Wednesday, 11 June 2008

The chief executive of the world’s largest energy company has issued the most dire warning yet about the soaring the price of oil, predicting that it will hit $250 per barrel “in the foreseeable future”.

The forecast from Alexey Miller, the head of the Kremlin-owned gas giant Gazprom, would herald the arrival of £2-per-litre petrol and send shockwaves through the economy. His comments were the most stark to be expressed by an industry executive and come just days after the oil price registered its largest-ever single-day spike, hitting $139.12 per barrel last week amid fears that the world’s faltering supply will be unable to keep up with demand.

Mr Miller’s prediction is well beyond even the most heady market forecasts, the most extreme of which fall between $150 and $200 per barrel, and was explained only by vague references to demand from the developing world. It nonetheless stoked an already febrile atmosphere of growing public anger across Europe over a soaring fuel cost that is wreaking havoc at nearly every level of the economy.

Read the rest of the story here.

Original post by Tim Allik

The Scuderi Group just completed a week-long visit to Munich, Germany, where it attended the MTZ-Konferenze Motor, where automotive R&D engineers from around Europe descended to discuss powertrain development, new hybrid technologies, and Europe’s tough emissions standards.

Scuderi engineering and licensing representatives participated in the event, meeting with a number of European contacts from the automotive OEM, supplier, or academic sectors. The intimate venue gave the Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine great exposure to the region, which helped drive new meetings with more European automakers, including a long off-site meeting at the one of the local OEMs in Munich . A couple of press interviews were also conducted.

The highlight of the event was the Scuderi Group’s sponsoring of the grand cocktail reception prior to the MTZ Banquet on 3 June held at the Schlofs Dachau Castle in Munich. Scuderi Group Vice President Stephen Scuderi gave a short presentation of the air-hybrid engine’s technology and its impact on the industry, particularly the engine’s ability to surpass European emission standards without compromising power and fuel efficiency.

“It was an incredible reception for us here in the castle,”commented Scuderi VP of European Operations Lutz Deyerling (at right). “The guests gave us and the air-hybrid an amazing round of applause and made us feel very welcome here in Munich. We’ve had great discussions with the OEMs here and we’re excited about the continued progress this event allows us to make.”

The Scuderi Group plans to participate in the event next year and present their technology in more depth.

Original post by Tim Allik

By John Wilen, AP Business Writer

Oil prices rebound on demand forecasts, supply concerns and tensions in Nigeria

NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices resumed their upward trek Tuesday, rising sharply as investors focused once again on growing global demand for crude. Retail gasoline prices rose to a new record over $4.04 a gallon.

The catalyst for oil’s latest advance was an International Energy Agency report that said global demand will continue to rise, especially in China. Demand for fuel for reconstruction work in the aftermath of May’s earthquake will boost Chinese oil demand by 5.5 percent this year, the IEA said, a slightly higher forecast than in previous reports.

Read the rest of the story here.

Original post by Tim Allik

FRANKFURT – The Scuderi Group, developers of what is expected to be the world’s most fuel efficient internal combustion engine – The Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine – has selected Cohn & Wolfe, a leading global public relations agency, as agency of record to handle its public relations initiatives in Germany and France.

The Scuderi Air-Hybrid-Engine is currently in its last stages of development at an independent laboratory, with the first gasoline prototype expected to be completed by the end of the year. The engine is expected to post historical gains in fuel efficiency as well as produce up to 80 percent less toxic emissions than all the conventional and hybrid vehicles on the road today. Earlier this year, the engine won the prestigious Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation Award for its promising engine design. The Scuderi Group is headquartered in West Springfield, Mass., USA, with offices in Frankfurt.

Cohn & Wolfe will assist the Scuderi Group in building recognition of the engine’s design and potential, as well as the company, to automotive Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and the investment and business communities in Germany and France. Cohn & Wolfe will partner with Topaz Partners, a Woburn, Mass.-based PR firm that has directed the PR program for the past three years and will continue to handle the U.S account.

“The European region’s concern about automotive emissions and the need for a simple and more cost-effective solution provides the Scuderi Group with a very timely and important backdrop to engage the public about this historical innovation,” says Lutz Deyerling, Scuderi Group’s vice president of European operations. “Based on their experience and knowledge of the automotive industry, Cohn & Wolfe will provide us with the communications muscle we need to get our message out.”

“Scuderi is a highly innovative company with technology that promises to play a big role in how the world conserves energy and reduces emissions. They are a standard-bearer in engine development. We are very pleased to support this innovative product and company,” says Christiane Dirkes, Managing Director of Cohn & Wolfe Germany.

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