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Westport Fuel Systems Inc T.WPRT

Alternate Symbol(s):  WPRT

Westport Fuel Systems Inc. is a global company focused on engineering, manufacturing, and supplying alternative fuel systems and components for transportation applications. Its segments include Light-Duty, High-Pressure Controls & Systems, Heavy-Duty OEM, Corporate, and HPDI joint venture (JV). Light-Duty segment manufactures liquified petroleum gas (LPG) and compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel storage solutions and supplies fuel storage tanks to the aftermarket, original equipment manufacturer (OEM), and other market segments across a range of brands. High Pressure Controls & Systems segment designs, develops, produces and sells components for transportation and industrial applications. Heavy-Duty OEM segment provides transitional services. The HPDI JV sells systems and components, including LNG HPDI 2.0 fuel system products, to engine OEMs and commercial vehicle OEMs. Its fuel systems and associated components control the pressure and flow of alternative fuels.


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Comment by bugoffon Aug 13, 2010 1:36pm
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RE: RE: v.RRE

RE: RE: v.RRESeeing that many companies use this same type of pump for hydraulics, what they have here is a scaleable water pump if they can build them for less than a centrifugal pump... otherwise, IMHO, they have nothing worth while.
The one thing that 16 years of WPT has taught me, is that there is no changing human nature and the habit of keeping the status quo. Long after my bones are ashes, there will still be internal combustion engines; and a good percentage of them will run on diesel fuel or gasoline. To expect that the world is going to change away from ICEs that break down periodically to another engine design that also breaks down periodically is foolhardy; and to expect anyone to build an engine platform that doesn't break down doesn't fall in the realm of rational thought.
Engine manufactures make money on resale parts, with the engine design that RRE has, once one part fails the entire thing is junk... ICEs are rebuildable. 
Keep in mind that it costs roughly 1 billion dollars to design and build to market, a HD diesel engine, RRE only has about 15 years and $986 dollars worth of R&D to go. (Not to mention the resistance to change they will encounter when trying to break into the ICE market)
Good luck with the dream, but I doubt they will be able to attract more than $5 million dollars before their money supply runs dry and they end up on the rocks; along with the investors who don't do adequate DD.
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