The profile of the Scuderi Air Hybrid engine that recently ran in the Detroit Free Press was republished up in the Boston Globe and the Philadelphia Inquirer over the weekend.

New engine’s a family affair
By Justin Hyde, April 23, 2006

‘’We’re basically preserving technology that’s been around for a century, but we’ve tweaked it a bit and made it better,” Sal Scuderi said.

They won’t have a working prototype until next year, but the Scuderis have:

Verified their unique engine ideas with outside experts.

Raised $8 million to fund the company.

Patented their designs in 45 countries.

The moves put them several steps ahead of the parade of engine inventors who have made pilgrimages to Detroit over the years to tout engineering breakthroughs. Most leave empty-handed, but the Scuderis believe Carmelo Scuderi’s ideas are too compelling to ignore.

‘’When our dad did the original design and with every effort we put forward, we go back to thermodynamics. That’s everything in an engine,” Sal Scuderi said. ‘’A lot of people we deal with are good at understanding how engines work, but they’re not good at how thermodynamics work.”

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