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Apr 12, 2013

ENGINE MAKERS * USA / China

* Michigan/USA - Detroit’s EcoMotors signs $200 Mill. deal to build OPOC engine plant 

Detroit,MICH,USA -The Detroit Bureau, by Paul A. Eisenstein -Apr.9, 2013: -- The Chinese venture could be the breakthrough test for the promising OPOC engine... Detroit-based powertrain company EcoMotors has landed a $200 million deal to produce its new OPOC motor in China, a deal that initially will see the “breakthrough” engine design used for stationary generator applications – though the U.S. company’s chairman says off-road and commercial use, as well as automotive applications could follow... Short for opposed piston-opposed cylinder, the OPOC has generated significant interest in recent years because of compact size, low emissions and high efficiency. EcoMotors claims it can be as much as 50% more efficient than an advanced turbo-diesel, though the strategic agreement with Zhongding Power, based in Zuancheng, China, may be the real test to prove that advantage in the real world rather than a laboratory test bench... Zhongding plans to begin producing its version of the OPOC in 2014 and hopes to have capacity in place for up to 150,000 of the engines annually – projecting potential revenues of “over US $1 billion” ...

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