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Gary Atkinson and I went to see Scion Sprays recently, they've developed a fuel-injector system to replace the carburettor on small petrol engines. Their system is tiny, reliable and controlled by an ARM7 processor. It improves emissions by 35% for hydrocarbon and nitrogen oxide, 30% for carbon dioxide and 88% for carbon monoxide whilst eliminating the usual clouds of blue smoke.

The system also makes vehicles more fuel-efficient, especially if retrofitted to old vehicles, and another advantage of replacing the carburettor with an injection system is that it removes the choke, making the vehicle much easier to start too. Perhaps a scheme could be organized for cities with a lot of similar vehicles running 2-stroke engines where retrofitting with Scion’s technology is part funded by government/carbon offsetting and partly by the owners who would get a more fuel efficient and reliable vehicle.

Scion Sprays technology is very timely for imminent carbon-reduction and smog reduction legislation, they have a 100M unit+ annual market and are exploring opportunities in hybrid vehicles too…Very impressive. This application of ARM technology also demonstrates just how diverse use of ARM products has become. Scion Sprays assure us that ARM Powered leaf-blowers and hedge-trimmers will be available soon!




Dominic Vergine, Sustainable Development, ARM, Dominic has many years experience working on IT policy and strategy with governments and international agencies and is passionate about the role ARM can play in improving global energy efficiency and extending the benefits of technology to the next billion people.