The Scuderi Group was featured on National Public Radio’s Marketplace program tonight.

Carmelo Scuderi’s legacy just revving up

As consumers turn to more fuel-efficient cars, the work of Carmelo Scuderi comes closer to reality. The widely-respected engineer and entrepreneur isn’t a big auto name yet — but that might change if his final big idea passes the test. Steve Tripoli has the story.

STEVE TRIPOLI: Carmelo Scuderi moved into retirement in 1994. But he couldn’t let go of a problem that had irked him for a long time. He felt that the internal combustion engines in everything from cars and trucks to generators were just too inefficient. He thought they could use less fuel, and spew out fewer emissions.

Carmelo played and played with ideas. He had a promising design on paper. Then he got sick.

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