( Air-Hybrid Blog )
Being consistent is the name of the game
In honor of the start of March Madness...To use a basketball analogy, you could say the Scuderi Engine demonstrates explosiveness in the lane with unprecedented consistency at the line. This week's official announcement of the engine's coefficient of variability (COV) could also be considered another landmark victory for Team Scuderi.
Engine showing very consistent combustion
As the engine map nears completion, we continue to be pleased with the prototype's progress. Next week there will be an official announcement regarding the Scuderi Engine's "Coefficient of Variability," or COV, which is used to measure how consistent the combustion is from rotation to rotation of the crankshaft. The naturally aspirated prototype is measuring between 2.5 and 4 percent. The conventional Otto engine typically shows a similar COV, and sometimes higher. But what makes this data point more significant is that the Scuderi Cycle COV is done Firing After Top Dead Center.
Geneva gets its jolt
If you've seen one auto show, you've seen them all. Right? Well, on the show circuit this year, we're starting to see a pattern here...
Checking in on the engine
One of the great things about participating in the events that we do is having the opportunity to speak with the engineers and give updates on the engine's progress and what's been happening in the lab. At this year's SAE Hybrid Symposium in San Diego, we were fortunate to speak with Lindsay Brooke of Automotive Engineering International magazine. With testing continuing to match or exceed the initial computer simulations, this article gives a good synopsis of the the work occurring at Southwest Research Institute.
2010-01-28: Speeding down the superhighway
A big element of this year's Washington Auto Show is the "Advanced Technology Superhighway" that is set up to feature the innovative technologies of today that will power the automobiles of the future.
2010-01-27: A public view
Our second day here at the Washington Auto Show and SAE Government Meeting brought with it crowds of local automotive enthusiasts - mixed with the agency officials - to see the latest vehicles and talk automotive policy.
2010-01-27: Washington is seeing green
Today was Public Policy Day at the Washington Auto Show where policy makers and government officials seemed to see only one color: Green.
Like many of the auto events we attend, electric vehicles, biofuels and hybrids continue to be the main promotional themes. However, like the auto industry itself, the name of the game is still petroleum and internal combustion engines. The 750,000 square feet of exhibition space here is holding over 700 new models from more than 42 domestic and foreign manufacturers. Most of which run solely on gasoline or diesel fuel.
Anchoring the show's new "Advanced Technology Superhighway," the Scuderi Engine attracted a lot of attention because of its air-hybrid capability and the promise of historic reductions in C02. Officials from the EPA, Transportation and Air Quality, Defense Department as well as Congressional staffers came by the exhibit to see the engine.
"This is very interesting technology," said one transportation official. "We need to stay updated on this."
Podcast: Advantages of the Air-Hybrid Design
In the following podcast, Scuderi Group President Sal Scuderi talks about some of the advantages the Scuderi Engine's Air-Hybrid Design, how it compares to electric hybrids, and how it can be used.
Report: Plug-Ins Very Costly to Manufacturers, Minimally Effective on Reducing Fuel Consumption
This headline from Monday's press release issued by the National Research Council, which functions under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering, summarizes the conclusions of a 130-page report: “PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLE COSTS LIKELY TO REMAIN HIGH, BENEFITS MODEST FOR DECADES”
