The Scuderi Group Announces $20 Million in Additional Funding

Posted on 19 January 2009 | 0 Comments

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WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. USA – Jan. 19, 2009 – The Scuderi Group, developers of what is expected to be the world’s most fuel efficient internal combustion engine, announced today that it has received over $20 million in additional private funding. This brings the total amount of funds raised to date to over $35 million. The Scuderi Engine is an entirely new internal combustion process that could be the most significant improvement in engine efficiency in over 130 years. It is a split-cycle design that divides the four strokes of a standard engine over a paired combination of one (intake/compression) cylinder and one (power/exhaust) cylinder. The two cylinders are connected by a cross-over chamber with high-speed valves that allow each piston and cylinder to perform their respective functions independently. And by firing after top-dead center, it produces highly efficient and clean-burning combustion with one cylinder and compressed air with the other. These two cylinders perform their respective functions once per crankshaft revolution. Besides the efficiency gains and reduced emissions, early testing shows the Scuderi Engine having considerably more torque and power than conventional gasoline and diesel engines on the road today. “This latest infusion of investment allows us to continue developing the Scuderi Engine concept as well as accelerate our efforts to communicate the engine’s science and value to OEMs around the world,” said Sal Scuderi, president of the Scuderi Group. “We’ve only just begun to see what this technology can do and this round of funding will help us push our innovation even further.” A working model of the engine’s first prototype is scheduled to be unveiled to the automotive industry in April at the SAE World Congress in Detroit.