SCI International
SCI International, of Clearwater, Fla., says its inaugural product will reduce mistakes, waste, and fraud at company fuel pumps with a new wireless fuel management system that is said to be based on Israeli military technology.

The SmartFuel system, which is controlled via a wireless RF (radio frequency) modem connected to the fleet manager’s office computer, employs tiny radio signal transmitters fastened to vehicle gas tanks and fuel pumps to ensure that fuel will flow only when the correct fuel nozzle is inserted into the correct tank by the correct driver.

Because the new RF-based system cannot be affected by voltage fluctuations or lightning storms, SCI guarantees the SmartFuel system to be free of all after- installation maintenance costs.

The company says the system is currently being used to regulate fuel usage for dozens of municipal and commercial fleet owners around the world, including the Red Cross and the United Nations.

In addition to cutting fueling costs, the company says customers who install the SmartFuel system are able to enhance their fleet management capability through the installation of SCI’s Smart-Co-Pilot-a Global Positioning System, which acts like an airplane’s “black box,” in supplying user-defined information, such as vehicle location and route taken, speed, engine data, door openings, as well as a host of other data relating to vehicle and driver behavior.