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On Easter Sunday in 2001, Carmelo Scuderi called his family together in his home here and announced, essentially, that he had outsmarted the world's auto makers and their billion-dollar research departments. Scuderi Group unveiled a prototype of its fuel-saving engine Monday in Detroit. Car makers including Honda and Daimler have shown interest. The retired engineer and inventor told his children and grandchildren he had developed a dramatically more fuel-efficient design for the internal combustion engine, something car companies have been chasing for decades. Eight years later, the late Mr. Scuderi's revelation no longer seems as far-fetched. His design -- which...

Scuderi Group Air-Hybrid Engine claimed to double fuel efficiency May 3, 2006 On March 7, we wrote of the coming of Scuderi Group's Air-Hybrid engine which claims the title of the world's most fuel efficient internal combustion engine. The Scuderi engine makes its European debut May 9 - 11 at the Engine Expo 2006 in Stuttgart, Germany on a bit of a roll. With three additional worldwide patents recently filed, the air-hybrid system potentially doubles the fuel efficiency of today's gasoline and diesel vehicles and reduces toxic emissions by up to 80 percent. The design is ingenious, has been verified...

DETROIT -- In the back aisles of the Society of Automotive Engineers recent convention, past the displays hawking springs and sprockets, one family's dream began to take shape. Scuderi Group of West Springfield, Mass., didn't have to look far to fill its offices. Salvatore Scuderi, company president, has engineering and law degrees. So does Stephen, his brother, the company's patent attorney. Another brother, Nick, runs marketing; sister Deborah handles accounting. Six of the eight Scuderi siblings made the trip to Detroit's Cobo Center, in service of their late father Carmelo Scuderi's invention. The results of the years of work on...