A very interesting Business Week article on hybrids in the third world. Hybrids in the Third World? Read more about "Hybrids in the Third World?"...
The Scuderi Group was featured on National Public Radio's Marketplace program tonight. Carmelo Scuderi's legacy just revving up As consumers turn to more fuel-efficient cars, the work of Carmelo Scuderi comes closer to reality. The widely-respected engineer and entrepreneur isn't a big auto name yet — but that might change if his final big idea passes the test. Steve Tripoli has the story. Read more about "The Scuderi Group featured on NPR's Marketplace"...
In this edition of the Scuderi Group Podcast, we talked to Sal Scuderi about the most innovative aspects of the engine, the split-cycle design and its ability to fire after top dead center. Read more about "Scuderi Group Podcast on the unique split-cycle design "...
Concern about Fuel Efficiency and Energy Independence Drive Interest in the Scuderi Group's Air-Hybrid Engine Development of Gas and Diesel Prototypes Moving Forward; Company Secures Additional Patents in Key Global Markets; Private Funding Approaches $15 million WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 15, 2006--Driven by ongoing concern about fuel efficiency and energy independence, The Scuderi Group announced today that they are seeing tremendous interest in their breakthrough internal combustion engine from investors and potential licensees around the world. The company also announced that they are making significant progress in the development of gas and diesel prototypes of the air hybrid engine as... Read more about "The Scuderi Group Provides Business Update"...
Stephen Scuderi, patent attorney for The Scuderi Group, talks about today's announcement, Scuderi Split-Cycle Engine Secures Patent Protection in Key Global Markets Comprehensive Patent Portfolio Attracts Investors and Licensees WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – June 27, 2006 –The Scuderi Group has secured patent protection for its revolutionary Split-Cycle Engine in key global markets including Japan, Taiwan, China, and Russia, the company announced today. The patents are a major step toward complete worldwide protection of the revolutionary Scuderi air-hybrid engine design. The Scuderi patent portfolio now includes seven issued U.S. patents, five U.S. Read more about "Scuderi Podcast Interview on Today's Patent Announcement"...
Boston Herald Bay State company developing energy-efficient, hybrid engines By Jay Fitzgerald A Massachusetts company has secured key patents in Japan, China and Russia for car-engine technologies that it says could revolutionize how vehicles are powered. “It’s very significant,” said Sal Scuderi, president of Scuderi Group, a West Springfield company that has invented a “split-cycle engine” that could boost fuel efficiency by more than one third while spewing less pollution into the air. The company also has a new “air-hybrid” technology, an offshoot of its changes to the traditional internal combustion engine, that it says could rival current electric hybrid... Read more about "The Scuderi Group profiled in the Boston Herald"...
Springfield (MA) Republican The little engine that could Friday, July 14, 2006 By STAN FREEMAN WEST SPRINGFIELD - What the Duryeas were to the automobile's past, the Scuderis hope to be to its future. America's first manufacturers of gas-powered cars were two Springfield bicycle makers, Charles and Frank Duryea, whose initial effort was a horse-drawn buggy fitted with a four-horsepower, single-cylinder engine they tested on city streets in 1893. Moving forward a century plus, a West Springfield company, the Scuderi Group, has developed a "split-cycle" engine that could become the linchpin of automotive manufacturing for the next century - if... Read more about "The little engine that could"...
Last weekend Sal Scuderi was interviewed on Pundit Review Radio on WRKO. With gas prices hitting record highs, the topic was hybrid technology and alternative fuels that may someday be able to move the United States away from its dependency on foreign oil. Full Disclosure: At the time of this posting Kevin Whalen, co-host of Pundit Review, worked for Scuderi's then PR firm and helped to manage this blog. Read more about "Sal Scuderi interviewed on Boston's WRKO"...
, a great web site for hybrid news and analysis, has an interesting article about today's generation of hybrid cars. They are not saving the world from global warming, but driving innovation that will someday lead to technologies that will help address those environmental concerns. Hybrid Cars: It's the technology stupid Read more about "It's the technology"...
While much of the media coverage focuses on hybrid cars for consumers, some of the most promising applications of hybrid technology are on diesel trucks because of the potential mileage and environmental improvements. For example, EPA Unveils Unique Hydraulic Hybrid Diesel Delivery Truck with UPS Read more about "The importance of hybrid technology on the diesel engine market"...