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Podcast: Scuderi Group Patent Portfolio Continues Growth
With only a few weeks to go until the first public unveiling of the highly anticipated Scuderi Engine, the Scuderi Group announced today it has secured patent protection for its critical valve technologies. The company now has more than 200 patents, including 72 issued in more than 50 countries in its global patent portfolio. The latest patents represent further protection of the engine’s intellectual property as the Scuderi Group enters an important time for the technology and its licensing efforts. "The valve train is one of the most critical parts of a working engine, which is why these patents are so significant to the progress of the Scuderi Engine," said Scuderi Group Vice President and Patent Attorney Stephen Scuderi. "The better the valve train works, the better the engine works. These latest patents cover the technology allowing the Scuderi Engine to run in all conditions." Three Scuderi Engine valve technologies recently patented worldwide:
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NPR: Electric Cars Still Years Away From Paying Off
By Frank Langfitt, February 23, 2009 After years of producing gas guzzlers, automakers are focusing more on electric vehicles. At auto shows across the country, the companies are rolling out a variety of electric vehicles. They may pay off one day, but making electric vehicles affordable and practical will take years. Listen now.Help is here. Innovation has to be taken seriously.
It's clear given a recent CNN poll that it's going to take a lot for the Big Three to reclaim the trust and faith of the American driving consumer any time soon.
Kelley Blue Book survey shows high demand for environmentally friendly vehicles
According to the latest Kelley Blue Book Marketing Research studies, the vast majority (nearly 90 percent) of car shoppers say they are concerned about the future of the environment. Among the survey respondents, 80 percent believe that individuals should make lifestyle changes in order to reduce CO2 emissions. Furthermore, 75 percent of shoppers say they have made changes to further the betterment of the environment, with the top lifestyle changes mentioned being recycling (54 percent), cutting back on driving (46 percent) and purchasing a fuel-efficient car (31 percent). Read more on www.kkb.com.Scuderi Group on CBS 3 in Springfield
Here's a YouTube version of the June 12, 2008 profile of the Scuderi Group and its Air-Hybrid Engine on CBS 3 in Springfield, available on the Scuderi Group's YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/ScuderiGroup.Scuderi Group: We Are Seeing Historical Changes
By Lutz Deyerling VP European Operations, Scuderi Group The overall worldwide automotive (and engine market) is undergoing a major change unlike ever before. This change affects all players in the market, OEM´s, suppliers, new technologies, consumers and investors. There has been shocking news about the US OEM´s every day. Yesterday, for example, for the first time an analyst from Merrill Lynch said that one of the top three automakers could go bankrupt soon. 
Scuderi European Vice President Lutz Deyerling addresses the crowd gathered to view the first model of the Air-Hybrid Engine at the 2008 Engine Expo in Stuttgart, Germany in May. Wednesday’s auto news was a parade of negative earnings reports, mostly based on consumer reaction to rising fuel costs and engine inefficiency. In June, one US OEM lost 18% in sales, another 28%, while yet another big manufacturer went down 36%. Many have serious problems – none of them are able to cut costs fast enough to keep up with the cash drain. (Double digit millions of dollars daily!). This phenomenon is driven by the fact that US drivers are now shifting away from SUV´s and pick-up-trucks and seriously looking for smaller and more fuel efficient vehicles – which almost none of the US OEM´s have in their portfolio. This is a really dangerous scenario and could end in a vicious circle. The Financial Times Germany, who has been running an editorial series called “the future of the automobile” also writes this in a recent article, the last sentence stating: “Maybe in the future they will say, these were the years, where afterwards nothing was as it had been before.” Read the story here. In Germany, a major discussion about electric vehicles and batteries started last week with an article about a study from Professor Dudenhoefer, who heads the well known CAR (Center of Automotive Research) at the University of Gelsenkirchen: The article states: “A huge revolution, the end of gasoline and diesel vehicles”. From 2010 onwards, electric and hybrid vehicles will replace vehicles with internal combustion engines. There have been several reactions on this article – for example also the CEO of Volkswagen, Prof. Winterkorn said: “the future of the automobile is the battery”. The “hype” culminated in a 16 pages article (which also was the top story) in Germany´s Wirtschaftswoche, a highly respected business magazine. But as the article also states, many of these OEMs, suppliers and others are finding themselves having to look “Green” and environmentally friendly, even when they aren’t… And even with all the hype around the electric hybrid vehicle, some companies are strategically separating themselves from that specific technology. Honda Corp., for example, has made that decision. A time of change of this magnitude creates an even bigger opportunity to address the immediate benefits of the air-hybrid engine technology. While we continue to further licensing talks with many of the major OEMs around the world, the first gasoline prototype is on schedule to be completed by the end of the year. There is currently historical interest in the Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine, which would give OEMs tremendous relief in several areas:
Local Company May Have Answer to Rising Fuel Costs
By Matt DeLuica, CBS 3, Springfield, MA Solar, hydrogen, and even water are all being developed as fuels of the future, and no matter what the brand, those behind the ideas just want to keep you from buying gasoline. But, West Springfield-based Scuderi Group is developing an engine that still runs on gas, but not nearly as much.
"The key to really gaining on saving energy is to improve the efficiency of the internal combustion engine, and we're about the only ones who really have a good shot at making that happen," Scuderi said.
In a nutshell, Scuderi says his split-cycle engine will increase fuel efficiency by as much as 30 percent. Combine that with a hybrid, and it's 50 percent. That means you would fill-up half as often. But, that cannot possibly make the oil companies happy, or can it?
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Scuderi Group at SAE World Congress 2008 - Day One
The Scuderi Group opened up the first day of the 2008 World Congress on Monday, greeting the throngs of engineers and automotive executives that have flocked to Detroit the annual gathering at the Cobo Center. 
Headlining all the exciting updates around the Scuderi Air-Hybrid Engine was the news about the split-cycle engine's valve train test rig. Results from the independent laboratory developing the prototype showed that the valve train matched all the previous computer simulations and in many cases exceeded expectations around engine efficiency, power and NOx emissions. Exciting news indeed as not only has the valve system been one of the most critical components of the core engine, but it came out even better than expected. With a full exhibit team of engineers, sales, marketing and public relations personnel, the Scuderi Group had a steady flow of engineers wanting to learn more about the engine and the recent testing updates. As usual, the exhibit welcomed its share of media and analysts including editors from Motor Trend, Motor News, Machine Design, Auto Tech News, Global Insight, Automotive Industries, and Engine Technology International, among others. With a good night's sleep behind us, Day Two is expected to be the busiest day of the show and has a full agenda with off-site meetings, more media interviews and the annual Tex-Mex swaree hosted by the Scuderi Group's independent laboratory.