An Australian has come up with a device he claims can reduce automobile fuel usage by between 10% and 25%.
The Vaporate Fuel Saving System is the brainchild of Shaun Rigney, 44, of Doncaster.
Vaporate, which will retail for a recommended $289 [US $219] and must be fitted by a mechanic, will be distributed by Repco.
Mr Rigney said it worked by enabling vehicles to use petrol that normally was spewed into the environment.
He said most cars wasted between 15 per cent and 20 per cent of petrol because they failed to turn it into vapour.
Vaporate added heat to a fuel system, ensuring all petrol was vapourised and used.
Mr Rigney, who spent more than seven years developing the device, said extensive testing had shown four in five family cars and four-wheel-drive vehicles fitted with the device used between 10 per cent and 20 per cent less fuel.
He claimed that in some vehicles fuel use dropped by more than a quarter.
The device also allowed motorists who ran cars on premium unleaded to swap to regular unleaded without losing power.
Mr Rigney said Vaporate was fitted to the fuel injector.
"It is a relatively simple principle that has been around for a long time and we have been able to adapt it to modern-day fuel injection," he said.
Mr Rigney said the device would not affect new car warranties.
He had patented it in Australia and the US and an international patent was pending.
Certainly sounds plausible -- any motorheads out there with an opinion? If the thing works, the government should give a tax credit for the purchase price -- no burdensome legislation required. Who wouldn't buy it?
