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Engine Expo Day Three: Moving On
The Scuderi team closed out the third and final day of Engine Expo in Stuttgart, meeting more engineers from some of the largest auto makers in the region and having another very successful meeting at one of the local OEMs where talks continue in an effort to bring the Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine to the world's drivers. As the show wound down, engineers and press continued to frequent the booth, sometimes coming back for additional visits, and mostly to check out the enlarged model of the valve train assembly. 
During the three days at Engine Expo many engineers took the opportunity to learn more about the Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine. Even with a hot Renault Team Formula 3 race car anchoring the exhibit, it was the valve train model that understandably got the most attention. With the valve train test rig proving the speed of the valves and its design are in working order, it gave visitors a peek at how the Air-Hybrid engine will accomplish significant gains in fuel efficiency and produce up to 80 percent less NOx. It's configuration also gave engineers a chance to see how the engine will have have little impact on the overall manufacuring process since the Air-Hybrid uses most of the same components already in place in vehicles today. With the Day Three finished, the Scuderi takes a deep breath as it moves on to other meetings with development partners and back to everyone's respective offices in Frankfurt and Massachusetts. The engineering and licensing teams are due back in Germany early next month, this time in Munich to participate in the 2008 MTZ Motor Conference.