April 24, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Alternative Fuel Technologies, Inc. (OTC: AFTC) said that the company has built and delivered 12 DME feed pumps to Shanghai Diesel Engine Co.

According to Alternative Fuel, the pumps will be used on DME fueled buses that will operate in Shanghai. The value of the order was not disclosed.

Alternative Fuel said it developed this first generation feed pump several years ago and has sold units in Korea, to the Korean Institute for Energy Research,  and to a European engine manufacturer.

The company said that a second generation unit that further improves performance and significantly lowers noise has been demonstrated and is undergoing final development.

Shanghai Diesel Engine Company is owned by Shanghai Automotive Industrial, a Chinese automotive corporation. In addition to Shanghai Diesel, SAIC has about 50 plants in the Shanghai area.

SAIC makes passenger cars, tractors, motorcycles, trucks, and Sunwin buses. Its joint venture with General Motors, Shanghai General Motors, makes Buicks and other GM cars for the Chinese market. Through Shanghai Volkswagen Automotive Company, a JV with Volkswagen, SAIC also makes the Lavida. Michigan-based Alternative Fuel Technologies is a research & development organization engaged in the design, development and prototype manufacturing of fuel systems for use with a new alternative fuel –dimethyl ether. The company has developed fuel injection equipment for DME fueled vehicles and currently provides complete DME fuel systems for testing and research purposes in addition to retrofit systems that can be used with diesel engines. The company's ultimate goal is series production of DME fuel systems for the global automotive market by 2011.

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