About ZPM

Motor Development International

Motor Development International (MDI) (www.mdi.lu) is the 15 year-old French-based company headed by Guy Negre, inventor of the Air Car. A former aeronautics and Formula One racecar engineer, Mr. Negre has been working diligently with his son, Cyril, an engineer with Bugatti, and about thirty other engineers to bring the Compressed Air technology to market (CAT). To date, the company holds many patents in over 120 countries for their innovative Air Car s vehicles.

Initially, Guy Negre developed a revolutionary 12 cylinder engine with a revolving valve system. His interest in the environment led him to first develop a bi-energy engine that ran on gasoline and compressed Air in order to reduce consumption. With this bi-energy engine in hand and investors knocking at his door, MDI was founded in 1991. The company is headed by the MDI Holding Company in Luxembourg and has a prototype factory in Nice, France.

French writer Jules Verne predicted in his book of 1860, “Paris in the 21st Century”, that the transportation system would be using compressed air. MDI has finally developed a way to make this prediction work.

Zero Pollution Motors will manufacture and sell the compressed air vehicle in the US. ZPM is run by Shiva Vencat.

Team

Shiva Vencat, MDI Vice President and CEO of Zero Pollution Motors, has a career in the raw material and mining industry has spanned 25 years. He has been involved in a wide range of metals and minerals ranging from aluminum to zinc. However, his experience has been primarily focused on high technology materials such as germanium and includes his participation in the U.S. government panel to determine the germanium specs for its Strategic Stockpile. He has been involved in the marketing of the world’s largest producer of cobalt to Eastern Europe and China. He joined the MDI team as an investor and a promoter of the technology in the mid 90’s.

Kevin Haydon, Communications Director, Zero Pollution Motors, is a writer and business communications professional with 20 years experience working with companies and non-profit organizations. Most recently he managed marketing and corporate communications for ACORD, a provider of information technology standards and business process modeling for the international insurance business. Before that, Kevin worked in the healthcare and non-profit association arenas, providing communications expertise in visual identity, multimedia design, advocacy campaign management, and print and web publishing. Kevin holds a BA in English from SUNY New Paltz.