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Testimonials

Stephen Macadam

Achates Power has an incredible amount of intellectual property and has done a lot of work to improve the fuel efficiency, power ratio and emissions performance of opposed-piston engines.

Stephen Macadam
Retired President & CEO
EnPro Industries, Inc.

Dr. John Wall

Achates Power has realized the potential for impressive efficiency in their development of the opposed piston architecture. We have worked with Achates Power for a number of years now and applaud their engineers and engineering rigor, and we look forward to continuing our collaboration.

Dr. John Wall
Retired, Vice President, Chief Technical Officer
Cummins Inc.

David Merrion

Achates Power has made excellent progress overcoming the challenges commonly associated with two-stroke engines: emissions, fuel economy, oil consumption and durability.

David Merrion
CEO, Merrion Expert Consulting LLC
Former Executive Vice President of Engineering, Detroit Diesel

Daniel Hancock

After reviewing the Achates Power engine technology and results, I am excited to work with the company on its commercialization efforts.

Daniel Hancock
Ret. Vice President
Global Powertrain Engineering, General Motors Co.

Dr. Karl Viktor Schaller

The Achates Power engine provides a very compelling value proposition for light-, medium- and heavy-duty powertrains manufactured in Europe, the U.S. and other regions.

Dr. Karl Viktor Schaller
Ret. Head of Engineering/Advanced Engineering
MAN Truck & Bus AG

U.S. Department of Energy

The performance, low cost, and fuel flexibility of ICEs makes it likely that they will continue to dominate the vehicle fleet for at least the next several decades.

U.S. Department of Energy
Report of the First Quadrennial Technology
Review 2011

Hugo Junkers

The opposed-piston, two-stroke engine realizes all of the economic benefits provided by the two-stroke cycle while, at the same time, accomplishing the difficult task of good scavenging.

Hugo Junkers
Engineer, Aircraft Designer and Developer
The Junkers Jumo Opposed-Piston Engine

Norman Y. Mineta

The quickest and most cost-effective way to achieve our energy usage goals is through faster adoption of fuel-efficient downsized gasoline and diesel engines.

Norman Y. Mineta
Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation
The Case for Technology Neutral Public Policy in Fuel Economy Debate: Allowing Performance to Determine Solutions
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