Interesting article out of ExtremeTech recently, which gives a good primer on the nuts and bolts of the electric grid as well as a little history. Read more about "Super grid or super headache?"...
By Mike Sutton WardsAuto.com, May 25, 2006 Read more about "Wards Auto: Scuderi Unveils Advanced Air-Hybrid Engine Concept "...
Toyota's North American chief sat down with Business Week for an interesting Q&A, Toyota’s Jim Press Discusses the Future Toyota North America’s new head on moving the company forward, his role, the competition and alternative fuel MK: What’s your view on hybrid technology? JP: We recognize more and more hybrid technology is going to be a key technology for the future success of this business. Hybrid is going to be hybrid diesel. Fuel cell cars are hybrids. The internal combustion engine cars we are selling today are hybrids. Flex fuel vehicles will be hybrids. Read more about "Business Week sits down with Toyota's top executive in North America "...
There is an interesting development coming out of Southwest Research Institute, the independent lab in San Antonio, Tex., that is building and testing the Scuderi Engine. Engineers working on the prototype have found that, when operating under low load conditions, the pressure - and ultimately the efficiency - increases, and becomes more repeatable from cycle to cycle, when one of the two crossover passages is shut off. Read more about "The path to great efficiency"...
Interesting article from Forbes online pointing out the shift that is taking place around distributed generation and its relationship with the centralized utilities. Read more about "The new power brokers"...
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 more about "FAZNET: Cars to Plug (Translated from the German)"...
is a national weekly newspaper in Germany that has an estimated readership of more than 1.4 million. It's one of the most highly respected newspapers in Germany. On January 4, Die Zeit published a comprehensive article about the Scuderi Group and the Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine. We've included an English translation of the article below: (Or read the original article in German at www.zeit.de/2007/02/T-Drucklufthybrid). FUEL EFFICIENT DOUBLE CYLINDERS Hybrid technology with compressed air should make buses in the future cleaner and more efficient By Burkhard Strassmann Compared to the private car and considering... Read more about "Scuderi featured in premier German newspaper"...
By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer Published: May 23, 2007 WASHINGTON - Backed by numerous environmental groups and about a dozen other states, California officials demanded federal permission Tuesday to impose their own greenhouse gas emission controls on cars and other vehicles. The only voice of opposition at an Environmental Protection Agency hearing came from an auto industry lobbyist who deemed California’s approach "counterproductive" and said there was no proof it would help deal with global warming. "This is more important than any issue that EPA’s going to have to face," California Attorney General... Read more about "State Fights Feds for Harsh Greenhouse Gas Emissions"...
Sal Scuderi talking with top executives from Toyota Motors, lead sponsor of this year's SAE World Congress. The Toyota team stopped by the Scuderi Group's booth on Wednesday morning. Read more about "Toyota executives stop by Scuderi Group's booth "...
EU leaders agreed Friday on a bold set of measures to fight global warming, pledging that a fifth of the bloc's energy will come from green power sources such as wind turbines and solar panels by 2020 and 10 percent of European cars will run on biofuels. At French insistence, the deal - which does not yet include an enforcement mechanism - noted the role atomic energy could play in replacing coal- or oil-fired power plants blamed for pumping out greenhouse gases. The inclusion caused unease for non-nuclear states such as Austria and Ireland and triggered complaints from environmental... Read more about "EU Leaders Agree to Cut Greenhouse Gases"...