BMWBLOG Interviews Paul Ferraiolo, Manager Product Planning & Strategy BMWNA

By Horatiu Boeriu. Read Bio
April 19th, 2011 | Interesting | 2 comments

At the BMW press conference today in New York City, BMWBLOG had the opportunity to speak with the Paul Ferraiolo, BMWNA’s new Product Planning & Strategy Manager. Some of you might recall Paul from his previous job, CEO of Rolls Royce USA.

Last year, at the New York Auto Show, Paul gave us some insight into the high-end Rolls Royce vehicle, but today, we turn our attention to BMW’s current and future products and what it’s in store for BMW of North America.

As expected, some of questions were left answered, but others were being clarified. We focused on the new BMW X3, the delayed X1, future electric vehicles and of course, the new 4-cylinder turbo.

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The interview was conducted by Christiaan Conover of RoundelTable.

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For this engine, the spark plasma and the problem of CO2 emissions, but the gentlemen of the industry are not interested in such patents

The FireStorm Plasma iPlug is a new entry in the formerly mundane area of Spark Plugs. All Spark Plugs produce “sparks” to ignite the Air Fuel Mixture in the combustion Chambers. FireStorm is different, it produces “PLASMA”. By doing that, it eliminates the Catalytic Converter and EGR Systems and can still pass future emission requirements in California.

Here is a clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abwXApkLhbc

Further testing after that clip was shot in Detroit proved a 70% savings in fuel all while affording a 125 More Horsepower.
It is a Paradigm Shift in Air Fuel Ratio as this plug operates at 30 to 1 Air to Fuel Ratio. All current IC engines operate at 14.7 to 1 and require a Cat and EGR.

FireStorm can even crack water right in the Combustion_Chamber thereby eliminating so-called HHO Generators. Can I hear fill your car up at the side of your house with the garden hose?