FuelMaker/Phill strategy to exploit existing natural gas infrastructure

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Comment by Dave Clement on October 20, 2009 at 3:00pm

CNG National Roadshow
Click here for the road show website and schedule
Several natural gas vehicles and crew will travel accross the USA starting next month making stops along the way to showcase natural gas vehicles.
The Road Show will also feature a customized Honda CNG racecar and will also display a Phill unit for home fueling. If it comes to your area, please help get the word out!!

Comment by William Engwer on August 25, 2009 at 2:05pm

Here's the October interview with Jay Leno...it's right on target.http://www.pickensplan.com/news/2008/10/13/americas-favorite-mechanic-weighs-in-on-the-pickens-plan/

Comment by William Engwer on August 19, 2009 at 11:10am

http://earth2tech.com/2009/05/01/fuelmaker-assets-finally-find-a-buyer-natural-gas-cars-still-stalled/ Glad to hear FuelMaker found a buyer. I've used Impco parts in vehicle conversions, and it makes perfect sense for them to be the ones. Bravo. Now, all we need to do is let Americans know CNG for their cars is an option. Most still don't have a clue. Wm. Engwer

Comment by Dave Clement on May 29, 2009 at 12:05pm

FuelMaker Corp is officially now owned by Fueling Systems Solutions.
All equipment, parts and manufacturing are being moved to FSS's Subsidiary Factory- IMPCO Technologies in Detroit. FuelMaker now will be built in the USA, at least the parts that are not moved to FSS's other subsidiaries in France and Italy. For more info contact Mario Pirraglia 714-656-1268 or
fmsales@impcotechnologies.com

Comment by Oscar on April 11, 2009 at 11:22am

The statement refers to a level playing field for the alternate fuels. It is getting better.

I hope someone takes you up on your offer.

Fuel Maker is in negotiations with a buyer and if goes well, will be announcing on Wednesday. Personally I would give them a couple weeks. Iv'e never heard of a deal going that fast.

Comment by William Engwer on April 11, 2009 at 9:51am

Oscar, when you say "if forces create an environment for reasonable development" what that means is actually "when someone else does something about it". I KNOW that a reliable, safe and affordable home refueling appliance can be developed to replace the FuelMaker, if that's what it takes, and can spur the demand for CNG powered consumer vehicles if it's marketed intelligently.

I'm so tired of the "can't, wait and see, whine about what isn't" attitude that I propose a challenge. Somebody send me an old FuelMaker unit, and I'll reverse engineer it, navigate around the existing patents, build a working prototype, secure the intellectual property rights and work out the production engineering AND find appropriate vendors for $35.oo per hour of my time. I'll make it a full time job, for a living wage. That's all someone has to risk. I have EXTENSIVE experience with mission-critical machinery (aircraft and racing cars) and I can do this, cheaply. Do I have any takers? William Engwer

Comment by Oscar on April 8, 2009 at 5:42am

In this economy with the volatile price of oil, companies just aren't tuned to going out on a limb. Yes it is a shame the way things are but I can't blame a company that may see profits for 6 months and losses for who knows how long. It is not that they don't want to do right, it is survival.

Myself included, I now have 2 companies. One for when alternate energy and the economy are up and the other when the economy is down. It is not an ideal situation for me but it is survival. I am a Fuel Maker dealer/servicer. These are trying times that have been echoed time and again for the last 30 years. I found that if I want to stay the course there needs to be an alternate cash flow. My other business is www.greenapplianceparts.com New and re-use parts.

The market doesn't support CNG yet and if forces create an environment for reasonable development it will flourish. As oil gets pushed aside, the price will drop and the circle continues.

We all need to do today whatever we can to conserve and move to the next level of independence, and there is only one way I know of to get there. Vote with your wallet!

Comment by William Engwer on April 7, 2009 at 10:56am

I haven't added a comment to this page for some time, but I'm frankly amazed, angered and profoundly disappointed that an American company hasn't stepped up and designed a competitor to the FuelMaker product. I have a background in developing mechanical solutions, and in interpreting patent wording, and there is NO valid reason why someone with a little capital and foresight can't enter this potentially HUGE market with a competing re-fueling device. Sadly, American business today seems to need endless marketing studies and cover-your-ass meetings before they can actually accomplish anything, and this is the greatest single factor affecting our energy future. Building a CNG home refueling device is simply not rocket science, and plenty of American companies have the technological sophistication to do it quickly and cost-effectively. If frightened and over-conservative management would get out of the way of the people who actually know how to DO something, America might have a shot at becoming a leader again. The phrase "American Ingenuity" actually stood for something real at one time in history, but until we as a nation rekindle that spirit, and remember that inventing and manufacturing are more important than American Idol, YouTube, and how cool your cell phone is, we're doomed. "Daddy Government", in the person of Mr. Obama or any of his crew, aren't going to save us, but somehow the majority of people here seem to think that just e-mailing, petitioning, and tossing around whacked-out conspiracy theories and pie-in-the-sky "energy solutions" that have no scientific basis is actually going to get something done. Please, someone pick this ball up and run with it.

By the way, my money is where my mouth is. I'm developing a first-generation single-seat hyper-efficient vehicle with MY OWN MONEY, and MY OWN HANDS. All that's slowing ME down is a lack of capital, because the conventional wisdom today is that only a huge corporation with the resources of a GM can build a vehicle. Damned good thing the Wright brothers didn't think that way, or you'd all be trying to figure out how to use your Frequent Train Rider miles. William Engwer

Comment by Jeff Greene on April 7, 2009 at 5:36am

Stay tuned.

Comment by Dave Clement on April 6, 2009 at 5:41pm

I think there are probably negotiations still going on and we may see a resolution by the end of the week. I don't think Honda wants to be in the fueling equipment business. The Phill was just certified in china, that sounds like a very big initial order!

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