EXHIBIT 99.1
Published on May 3, 2007
Exhibit 99.1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RAND Corporation Publishes Report on Save The World Airs Original ZEFS Technology
Los Angeles, Calif., May 3, 2007 Save The World Air, Inc. (OTCBB: ZEROE.OB) (STWA)
today announced that the RAND Corporation has published its report on STWAs original technology,
ZEFS.
Bruce McKinnon, CEO of STWA, stated, The RAND study provided us guidance for assessing the
technical feasibility and market potential of our original ZEFS technology, which was extremely
beneficial to the product development process at STWA. We are no longer producing or marketing the
products evaluated by RAND and our reassessment and redesign of products to improve the consistency
of test results led to the development and evolution of products that are successfully being
marketed in the US, China, Indonesia and Vietnam, today. Our most recent iteration, the MK IV, has
undergone independent testing at Olson Ecological Labs in Fullerton, CA on three separate
motorcycles of differing displacements and the results show significant improvement as compared to
our original ZEFS technology. The scope of RANDs work was limited to testing the ZEFS technology
as to its effect on emissions reductions and did not evaluate the effect of the ZEFS technology on
performance enhancement or fuel economy.
Furthermore, the original RAND research helped us to build our relationship with Temple
University, which has been instrumental to our product development. For example, we expect our new
electronic fuel technologies, which we are developing through our recently announced licensing
agreements with Temple University, to have applicability on most forms of gasoline and diesel
injected internal combustion engines, turbine and jet engines, as well as other applications, such
as improving the flow of asphalt and paraffin based crude oils in pipelines. STWA is very excited
about the opportunity to expand into these industries, some of which have not previously been our
focus. I would like to thank the RAND Corporation for its guidance as well as Temple University and
our own R&D staff for their diligence in advancing our ground breaking technologies, he concluded.
In December 2002, STWA retained RAND to assess the technical basis and market potential of the
original ZEFS technology. In May 2003, STWA entered into an agreement in which RAND would
coordinate a competitive grant from STWA for a theoretical scientific study of the concepts
underlying the ZEFS technology, as well as providing guidance for an empirical study of product
performance. In response to a request for proposal (RFP) that RAND sent to 14 universities in the
United States, Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was chosen to research the
underlying scientific basis for the original ZEFS technology.
Temples research concluded in 2005 and RANDs involvement in support of product testing concluded
in December 2005. As a result of Temples research, STWA has been able to expand its relationship
with the university. In the expanded relationship, which to date includes three patent licenses and
a joint R&D agreement, Temple is providing laboratory research and STWA is developing commercial
products utilizing this research; the first was a magnetic field crude oil thinning technology
developed in May of 2004 and the most recent is the uniform electric field fluid treatment
technology announced in February 2007.
In consultation with researchers at Temple University, STWA pursued further research and refinement
of the product throughout 2006, resulting in the patent pending MKIV, which improved its
effectiveness and consistency.
A link to the full report can be found on the companys website at www.stwa.com. The report has
been published on the RAND website at http://www.rand.org and in the Library of Congress.
About Save the World Air, Inc.
Save the World Air, Inc., is currently engaged in the product development and initial sales and
marketing of its products which using proprietary technologies, can be installed on motor vehicles,
motorcycles and stationary engines to reduce harmful emissions. The companys ECOChargR and
MAGChargR devices using these patented technologies have been proven in repeated independent
laboratory testing to both reduce harmful emissions including Green House Gas (GHG) emissions
normally caused by catalytic equipment while still improving fuel efficiency and to enhance overall
engine performance. The companys patent-pending CAT-MATE® devices have been proven to reduce
harmful CO, NOx, and HC emissions caused by internal combustion engines in repeated independent
laboratory testing. For more information, visit the companys website at www.stwa.com.
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such factors as market acceptance, ability to attract and retain customers, success of marketing
and sales efforts, product performance, competitive products and pricing, growth in targeted
markets, risks of foreign operations, and other information detailed from time to time in the
Companys filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Contacts:
Bruce McKinnon
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Amy Glynn, CFA | |
Save The World Air, Inc
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Cameron Associates | |
President & CEO
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Investor Relations | |
(818) 487-8000
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(212) 554-5464 | |
mckinnon@stwa.com
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amy@cameronassoc.com |
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