New Air-Hybrid Engine

The Scuderi Group will debut designs of its breakthrough air-hybrid technology, the world’s most fuel efficient internal combustion engine, to the European auto industry May 9 – 11 at the Engine Expo 2006 in Stuttgart, Germany (Booth 6200.) With three additional worldwide patents recently filed, the air-hybrid system potentially doubles the fuel efficiency of today’s automobiles and reduces toxic emissions by up to 80 percent - all within a design that will make hybrid vehicles easier and far less expensive to build.

The Scuderi Group will unveil the engine to the European car industry as it also announces its expansion into Europe. Backed by the U.S. government and verified by a renowned independent laboratory, the Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine is adaptable to diesel and gasoline automobiles, commercial vehicles and any other applications powered by internal combustion engines.

” The engine takes advantage of Scuderi’s groundbreaking split-cycle technology, (US. Patents 6543225, 6609371, and 6952923) by recapturing and storing energy in the form of compressed air. Unlike conventional engines, the Scuderi Engine produces compressed air during its normal operation. By adding a small air storage tank with some simple controls costing only a few hundred dollars, the Scuderi Engine can recapture energy normally lost during the breaking of a vehicle. To accomplish this with electric hybrids requires a complex electrical system, costing thousands of dollars, consisting of generators, motors, and large batteries. In addition, unlike electric hybrids, the Scuderi Air-Hybrid has the unique capability of recapturing energy from the exhaust of the engine, making it possible to utilize a Scuderi Air-Hybrid design in stationary applications such as electric generators – an application where electric hybrids are considered impractical.

Currently under development, the first diesel and gasoline prototypes are expected to be completed in 2007. This patented design represents the most significant breakthrough for internal combustion engines to come along in decades, an advance that takes on added significance given rising fuel prices and growing environmental concerns.