Troy, MI – While the big auto companies were still trying to bring to market the high fuel efficient vehicles that the public is clamoring for, a small Troy company, have already achieved 70 mpg in 2009 and have 500 units on the road in early 2011. The highly touted GM Volt, which costs over $40,000 and reportedly goes 40 miles before needing to have its batteries recharged and achieves only 35 mpg on highway. Enginer has created the best of both worlds by using a hybrid, such as Toyota Prius, with fuel economy of 50 mpg on highway and adding advanced battery technology for city driving, reduces fuel consumption dramatically. The plug-in conversion add-on kit from Enginer comes in four versions, 2 kWh, 4kWh, 6kWh and 8kWh versions which cost $1995, $3495, $4495 and $5495 respectively. At these prices the payback period is about two to five years. Competitors’ price range from $12,000 to $14,000. Enginer provides member discount for Electric Auto Association members.

Jack Chen, President of Enginer, says, “With this system, we can improve the Prius’ fuel efficiency by 40-100%”. Chen says the system can also be used in any hybrid vehicles and the company is seeking to work with the big auto companies to have Enginer system installed at the factory, instead of as an after-market add-on. It will qualify for $2500-$7500 Federal Plug-In Vehicle Tax Credit when a new hybrid equipped with a plug-in system. Enginer is also developing other energy saving technologies which offer exceptional opportunities for investors in these times of rising costs for energy and high demand for innovative solutions.

According to the Enginer web site, the system is much simpler and less intrusive than competitors' products. it doesn't alter original vehicle's control algorithm and design specifications and can be installed by a professional installer in 2-4 hours and by a do-it-yourself customer in about 8 hours. With many experts saying that we have reached peak oil, oil prices will continue to rise, and having a vehicle that can get up to 70 mpg will help Americans afford to keep driving, even with high gas prices. There are already over 2 million hybrids on the road and by using plug-in conversion add-on kits, such as those offered by Enginer, Inc, consumers can start realizing the benefits of a plug-in hybrid without waiting for the major manufacturers to bring their products to market.

Enginer is also looking for auto dealers to serve as retailer and business partners to help in either product distribution or speeding their overall expansion.

For more information, visit the company’s web site at www.enginer.us

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We have seen a lot of great designs from other teams. They may lead us well into the future. Congratulations to their great work and acomplishment. But you may not see those on the road for years to come or never. One of the criteria for the competition is 10,000 unit annual mass production ready. Would that be realized?

Although we don't have the highest MPGe vehicle and didn't get the most practical votes, but it is real and there are over 300 vehicles with our plugin conversion kit on the road.

You don't need to wait until 2012 for Toyota's plugin, nor the end of the year for Nissan Leaf or GM Volt. Our solution was available a year ago. It is real! And it is affordable, well under $3000. For more information, please visit www.enginer.us

Sunday will be our last day at MIS. We got an official result. Our vehicle didn't achieve minimum fuel economy to continue in the competition. The very rigorous drive cycles (6 stops, 0 to 50 MPH every 2 miles) took us by surprise. It is quite different from the EPA UDDC cycle with which we have tested and got great result. Our vehicle has not been tuned to such aggressive drive cycle. We wish we could have chance to practice ahead of time.

Nevertherless, it has been a great adventure for all of us. We met a lot of talented people from other teams. We bounced ideas around and could improve our design in the future. We will continue moving forward, especially our matured affordable plugin hybrid conversion kit which is available now at $1995 for 2KWH system and $3495 for 4KWH system. This conversion kit is a simple, practical system to add on to existing hybrids (over 1 miliion and counting) and makes an immediate impact to our addiction to fossil fuel. We are looking for rapidly expansion of the adoption with help from dealers, installers and investors all over the world.

By fine tuning water injection amount and timing, we think we should be able to achieve the high efficiency at more aggressive drive cycle. We will put the technology into an aftermarket conversion kit once it is matured.

Thank you all for your support and encouragement. Stay tune for our new progress in next few months at www.enginer.us

PHEV kit  is currently  the only product in the market that can be installed onto Toyota Prius Gens 1, 2 and 3 (1997-2010 versions ) as well as other brands such as Ford Escape, Fusion and Honda Insight, and that has been massively produced and distributed to the world market because of its advanced technology and simple structure  /  components.  The product has drawn great attention from all over the world and been distributed to numerous states in the US and to over 20 developed countries such as Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Japan and Korea.

It has been a bumpy year for Enginer with multiple product releases and product improvements. But it has been proved that there is market demand. It is saving hundreds of dollars for hybrid owners annully.

Join us at Hybridfest Green Drive Expo - Madison on July 17-18, 2010, Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WI to celebrate one year anniversary of Enginer plubin conversion kit release. For more information please visit www.greendriveexpo.com

At the turn of the last century steam power automobiles were a competitive means of transportation, As well as electric and gasoline powered automobiles.

Here at Enginer we have worked diligently to create a winning combination of all these technologies, and incorporate them into current automobiles through our retrofit conversions. Our popular Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle conversions are available now. See http://www.enginer.us/

Enginer has been long since developing a producible way of converting the waste heat of an internal combustion to provide auxiliary means of propelling the car. Our goal with the S.C.E was to achieve an increase in the thermal efficiency of an existing internal combustion engine. During the X-Prize our team will reveal the Steam Combustion Engine technology for the first time. This dramatic breakthrough in ordinary internal combustion engines can provide the increased power and torque that is to be expected by a steam engine. Yet the Steam Combustion Engine consumes less fuel through a new lean burn technology; and is very environmentally friendly. Our S.C.E. emits less pollution than a basic production gasoline-hybrid.

We would like to thank our continuous local supporters in Michigan, and around the world. Your help has been essential to us as we work diligently towards re-awakening the motor capital of the world.

Luke Deptula

Team Enginer

It seems that electriciation has been over emphasized. A lot of advocate groups think pure electric car is the only solution.

Last time I check, most of our power plants are still running off fossil fuel, escpecially dirty coal plants. We seem forget about everything else that makes a pure electric car work in large scale, such as precious metal mining, chemical processing for the batteries, or dumping / recycling existing 900 million cars, grid power line cost and efficiency lost.

Our existing engine in our vehicle has only 20% thermal efficiency. What if we can make the engine as efficient as our power plant and what if we can capture renewable energy in our cars?

We need to tackle the problem with combination of solutions. Electrification would be one of those.