Jun 2 2008
Turbodyne Technologies, Inc. announced today that it is launching its Fleet Services unit in an effort to offset the consumption of diesel fuel and emissions for operators of fleets of diesel vehicles in the US and Europe. The biggest challenge for operators of diesel fleets with fewer than 500 vehicles is coping with skyrocketing diesel fuel costs and compliance with ever increasing emissions standards. This problem is greatly magnified in Europe with the price of diesel in some cities reaching as high as euro 1.57 per litre (approximately $9.25 per gallon) and as the European community phases in stricter emissions standards over the next 3 years.
The Fleet Services Unit will certify diesel service centers and supervise the installation of Turbodyne's patented TurboPac(TM) to help solve this major global problem. The TurboPac(TM) provides an electrically powered and digitally controlled supply of boost air on demand that increases the efficiency of diesel fuel burn during the initial low RPM spectrum where a significant amount of fuel is used in high traffic, stop and go operating conditions. This critical mode of operation is increasingly problematic for school buses, refuse vehicles and short run transportation and delivery services in urban areas where fuel usage and compliance with emissions standards are a rapidly growing threat to profitability.
As newer, smaller displacement powerplant technologies give rise to the problem of driver operability in these urban operating conditions the electrically powered, digitally controlled TurboPac(TM) applies air boost when it is needed most, offering increased drivability, significantly reduced emissions and lower fuel consumption.