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Michigan Startup Develops Customized Compressed Natural Gas Vehicles
SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich., April 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Daryl
Patrishkoff of Shelby Township, MI, has a vision for the American
automotive industry. He firmly believes that our fuel of choice should
be Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), not gasoline. Until the full CNG
infrastructure is in place a Bi-Fuel vehicle is the bridge vehicle
that can lead this transition.
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Patrishkoff heads up a (3) man technical team developing this
technology. The advantages are:
-- 40 percent savings in fuel costs at the pump
-- 25-30 percent reduction in harmful emissions
-- 100 percent US provided natural gas
-- Meaningful employment for the US economy
The most important benefit, however, is that a CNG-powered vehicle
runs on fuel that can be mined in America.
Although CNG is used in more than 15 million vehicles worldwide,
acceptance of this alternative fuel has been slow in the U.S.
Patrishkoff and his team, known as Performance CNG, LLC
(www.performcng.com), are trying to change that.
Patrishkoff invested his own money and received support from his
partners, local automotive companies, friends and family. This
Bi-Fueled Mustang Muscle Car was unveiled last year at the Woodward
Dream Cruise in Royal Oak, MI.
Having demonstrated that using CNG does not decrease HP from a
gasoline baseline, the next step is to show it can increase HP. For
that purpose Patrishkoff needs an additional $55,000 of funding. About
$15,000 of this total is needed for high-performance CNG components
and $10,000 is required for engine calibration refinements on the
Dynamometer. The remaining $30,000 is slotted for EPA 75 testing.
In order to raise funds for this final phase of this project,
Patrishkoff has launched an Indiegogo campaign at
www.indiegogo.com/projects/street-legal-muscle-car-running-on-cng/x/7109221.
Depending on their levels of contribution, backers can receive
brochures, technical documentation and continued project progress
updates of the project. The top donation level also receives (2)
invitations to the grand unveiling event.
But, most of all, they'll be contributing to a cleaner environment and
for the first time a true path to U.S. energy independence.
"We're shattering the various paradigms about the application of
Compressed Natural Gas used in real consumer vehicles," Patrishkoff
said. "This final stage of the project will prove the point that CNG
is a high performance fuel backed up with real engineering data that
complies with global automotive standards."
For further information, visit
www.indiegogo.com/projects/street-legal-muscle-car-running-on-cng/x/7109221
or the Performance CNG website, www.performcng.com.
Contact:
Daryl Patrishkoff +1-248-505-7426 www.performcng.com Email
Read more news from Performance CNG.
SOURCE Performance CNG, LLC
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