Posted on 24 September 2007 | 0 Comments
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Scuderi Group,
Air Hybrid
Last week, Scuderi Group President Sal Scuderi answered "the heat question." Engineers commonly ask how the Scuderi Engine deals with heat, particularly in the engine's power cylinder. This week, for the benefit of our German audience, Vice President of European Operations Lutz Deyerling tackles the same topic in German.
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Posted on 21 September 2007 | 0 Comments
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Biofuels
Growing and burning many biofuels may actually raise rather than lower greenhouse gas emissions, a new study led by Nobel prize-winning chemist Paul Crutzen has shown. The findings come in the wake of a recent OECD report, which warned nations not to rush headlong into growing energy crops because they cause food shortages and damage biodiversity.
Crutzen and colleagues have calculated that growing some of the most commonly used biofuel crops releases around twice the amount of the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O) than previously thought - wiping out any benefits from not using fossil fuels and, worse, probably contributing to global warming. The work appears in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics and is currently subject to open review.
'The significance of it is that the supposed benefits of biofuel are even more disputable than had been thought hitherto,' Keith Smith, a co-author on the paper from the University of Edinburgh, told Chemistry World. 'What we are saying is that [growing many biofuels] is probably of no benefit and in fact is actually making the climate issue worse.'
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Posted on 20 September 2007 | 0 Comments
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Tuesday night marked another milestone for the Scuderi Group and the development of the Air-Hybrid Engine when it was presented with the prestigious 2007 Frost & Sullivan North American Technology Innovation Award in the field of engine technologies.
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Posted on 20 September 2007 | 0 Comments
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Hybrid News,
Environment
By Peter Hoy, September 18, 2007
Interested in an energy-efficient auto? You're in luck. That's because nearly every major car company has a hybrid line, or has plans to introduce one soon.
But enter the showroom, and instead of seeing green, you may be seeing red. Many of the market's hybrids--cars which combine gasoline engines with battery-powered electric motors--forsake fuel-efficiency in the name of power and performance.
The average gas mileage of hybrid models available in the U.S. is 33 miles per gallon (combined city and highway). But Chevy's newest Silverado hybrid truck gets only 16 mpg. The newest Lexus LS 600h L hybrid sedan clocks in at 21 mpg, the 2007 Saturn Vue hybrid at 26 mpg.
This contradiction is not lost on consumers. The most recent 2006 J.D. Power and Associates Alternative Powertrain Study found that only 50% of new-vehicle shoppers are currently considering a hybrid--down from 57% the year before.
Read the whole story on Forbes.com.
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Posted on 18 September 2007 | 0 Comments
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Engineers commonly ask how the Scuderi Engine deals with heat, particularly in the engine's power cylinder. In this interview, Scuderi Group President Sal Scuderi answers the thermal question. As Sal points out, the Scuderi Engine actually has lower peak temperatures than a conventional combustion engine, and the company's research indicates that no special materials or lubricants (beyond commercially available synthentic oil) are required in the design.
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Posted on 12 September 2007 | 0 Comments
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Environment
BOSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. District Court in Vermont today upheld a state law that calls for a 30 percent reduction in the amount of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, emitted by cars and certain light trucks.
In his decision, U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions found that the Vermont law -- which regulates greenhouse gas emissions -- did not conflict with federal regulations on fuel economy.
"The plaintiffs failed to prove the regulations were preempted," Sessions wrote in his decision.
Automakers General Motors and DaimlerChrysler AG -- which has since sold its Chrysler unit -- sued in 2005 to block the law, arguing that states do not have the authority to regulate the amount of CO2 released by cars, which is closely related to fuel economy.
Vermont is one of nearly a dozen states that followed California's lead in adopting the strict standard, which is tougher than federal rules and is intended to reduce the rise in global temperatures and changing weather patterns associated with greenhouse gas emissions.
The automakers argued that they could not meet the new standards, and in court testimony said they would have to pull out of the state as a result.
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Posted on 11 September 2007 | 0 Comments
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In the following podcast, Scuderi Group Vice-President Stephen Scuderi talks about some of the environmental advantages the Scuderi Engine enjoys over traditional combustion and even electric-hybrid engines:
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