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... Read more about "The McCain Challenge: Is the best battery ... an air tank?"...
On Oct. 25 Steven Scuderi, a patent attorney and legal counsel for the Scuderi Group, discussed the Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine on Watercooler, a public television program hosted by veteran broadcast journalist Susan Kaplan on WGBY in Western Mass. Global warming and green technologies were the topics of the conversation. To listen to an MP3 of the full broadcast of the program click here. You can also watch a clip of Steven Scuderi speaking about the Scuderi Group's reception in Europe and elsewhere, the environmental benefits of the engine and more: Read more about "Steven Scuderi television interview "...
Scuderi Group, Inc., is a research and development company that has invented a new thermodynamic cycle for internal combustion engines – The SCUDERI Split-Cycle Engine™. It is the only engine in the world that can both generate and store energy. Read more about "About Us"...
(Ed. Note: this is taken from a response Sal developed to some earlier questions about the Scuderi engine, we thought it would be helpful to re-post here) Good Morning, As president of the Scuderi Group and one of the inventors of the engine, I thought it might be helpful to try to clear up some of the basic misconceptions about the engine. The Scuderi Engine does take advantage of the Miller Effect but not in the method used by conventional engines. The Miller Effect in the Scuderi Engine is achieved by having a longer stroke on... Read more about "A message from Sal Scuderi, president of The Scuderi Group"...
According to a report in Automobilwoche, the new Volkeswagen CEO, Martin Winterkorn, expects that sales figures of Volkewagen's Hybrid Touran are far too low to be economically viable for the company. The Hybrid Golf Limousine and the Hybrid VW Jetta are also not expected to be profitable, said the report. VW estimates the additional price for a Hybrid engine to be at least Euros 2000. In the highly competitive compact car segment, the report said that VW executives believe that very few customers would be willing to pay this markup. Read more about "VW places the hybrid engine on the test bench"...
Scuderi Group recently participated in Agrion Networks’ New York Energy Storage Initiative meeeting where key players in energy production and storage gathered to discuss how best New York City can utilize energy storage and in what frameworks. Read more about "Storing energy in New York"...
More technology development news coming out of Scuderi Group’s power generation/energy storage division…Recently we filed a new patent application for a dual-output power generation system and method that can be implemented with both conventional or Scuderi Split-Cycle internal combustion engine technology. Read more about "Dual-output power generation"...
Scuderi Group participated this week in the International Meeting on Green Cars (RIVE 2011), billed as the “largest green motoring event of its kind in the world.” Held in the South of France in Alès at the Pôle Mécanique in the Cévennes National Park, it brought together primarily French environmental and transportation ministers as well as several companies and automakers promoting their alternative mobility technologies. Read more about "Vive le ICE"...
Thank you for visiting Scuderi's Air Hybrid Blog. Here you will find the latest information on Scuderi's breakthrough engine technology as well as frequently updated news, commentary and analysis of developments in hybrid technology and alternative energy. The Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine The Scuderi Air Hybrid Engine represents a quantum leap for the performance, efficiency and environmental impact of the internal combustion engine. This design represents one of the most significant developments for internal combustion engine to come along in decades. Unlike other prior split-cycle designs, the Scuderi engine utilizes a cross-over chamber that allows for faster... Read more about "Welcome Instapundit readers!!"...
Over the weekend the Scuderi Engine was featured on a panel of "breakthrough technologies" as part of the American Renewable Energy Day event held in Aspen, Colo. And while the bulk of the four-day program featured what some might call long-term visions of a more environmentally sound world, there was some realistic discussion on how to make that actually happen in the short term. That's where the Scuderi Engine came in. Read more about "Realistic solutions"...