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The CO2 challenge and the Scuderi solution - Meeting future standards today
In an effort to cut down vehicle greenhouse gas emissions, President Barack Obama is proposing today new rules that would create a single CO2 emission standard for automobiles four years sooner than anticipated.
Current standards mandate a 27.5 mpg level for cars and 23.1 mpg for trucks. The proposed regulations announced today would require cars and light trucks to reach an average of 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016 and then increase to 39 mpg for cars and 30 mpg for trucks. The administration predicts these changes will save 1.8 billion barrels of oil by 2016 (roughly an estimated 86 days worth of oil used in the U.S.).
Up until now, automakers have been fighting separate state and federal regulations in court, saying that it creates inconsistency in fuel economy standards. These new rules would create one national standard, modeled after emissions standards set by the State of California and its California Air Resource Board. Today, the major automakers are expected to endorse the new federal plan.
A few years ago, standards such as these were argued to be out of reach and too costly for the auto industry - and its customers. Further, it would require a massive downsizing in vehicles, which would compromise the engine's power and torque. Today, the automakers fortunately have new technologies and innovations to consider to help meet these newer, tougher standards.
The Scuderi Engine is one such alternative, and one some say is the best solution given the minimal requirements needed to be adapted into today's current engine assembly process. With its split-cycle arrangement and its revolutionary "firing after top dead center," the Scuderi Engine burns fuels cleaner and more efficiently resulting in less CO2 and up to 80 percent less nitrogen oxide emissions than any vehicle on the road today.
Further, efficiency levels of the naturally aspirated Scuderi Engine are expected to be 5-10 percent higher than conventional engines. The turbocharged Scuderi Engine is expected to be a 15-20 percent gain in efficiency over today's vehicles. The Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine is expected to reach significant gains in efficiency, 25-50 percent more than conventional engines in use today. And while all these gains in efficiency are reached, the Scuderi Engine maintains its very high torque levels.
The Scuderi Engine Arrives Home
The Scuderi Engine arrived home today to a warm welcome from a contingent of local elected officials and press.
Scuderi Engine on Fox Business
Scuderi Group Vice President and Legal Counsel Stephen Scuderi explains how the Scuderi Engine operates on the Fox Business "Strategy Room" on Friday, May 1, 2009: