Fast Company/With Video: University of Michigan student venture hopes to cut fuel emissions in small engines

By Ben Freed Business Reporter
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Posted on Wed, Jan 9, 2013 : 4 p.m.

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Yao-Ting Tsai shows off the display for picoSpray, a fuel injection system for small engines developed by U-M students.

Ben Freed | AnnArbor.com

PicoSpray was founded by University of Michigan students and was housed in the TechArb startup incubator. It’s now garnering national attention after a write-up in Fast Company highlighted the company’s product, a new fuel injector.

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The startup hopes to replace carburetors in scooters and motorcycles with small fuel injectors — a technology already used in cars and busses. To transition the technology to smaller engines, picoSpray has managed to cut out components of the injector to make it smaller and less expensive.

Fast Company’s Eric Sofge sees a bright future for picoSpray, but notes the company still needs to raise capital and prepare for large-scale production, having this far only developed prototypes.

Click here to read the full story from Fast Company.

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