The New York Times
To Save Fuel, Towns Grease the Wheels
by Jim Norman
(Original Publication July 6, 2008)
Exerpt:
"Mr. Butler [Westchester County Commissioner of Public Works] said, under contracts with V. O. Tech, a business run by Wally Little, a mechanic-turned-inventor in Mahopac, N.Y. “It’s money well spent,” Mr. Butler said. “We expect payback in one to two years… …This is one of those things that ’s so much fun to show off,” Andrew J. Spano, the Westchester County executive, said of the Veggie Van, a shuttle van that was converted into a mobile classroom to teach environmental awareness to small groups of students. The idea turned out to be contagious. Valerie M. O ’Keeffe, the town superviser in Mamaroneck, said she was in a meeting with Mr. Spano last year and saw the county’s Veggie Van. “I admit I was jealous, ” she said. “I had to have one for the town…’"
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InTown Westchester
Extreme Car-makeover
by Ted Mann
(Original Publication July/August 2008 Issue)
Exerpt:
"…if you’re using a V.O. Tech Geo kit… …you fill up your veggie-oil fuel tanks. Hot water from the car’s radiator heats the oil to about 160 degrees Fahrenheit, which gives it the right viscosity. Flip a switch on your dashboard to switch from diesel to veggie oil and you’re golden.’"
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The Daily News
Gas-guzzlers become veggie delights at Greasestockin Yorktown Heights
by Josh Max
(Original Publication May 13, 2008)
Exerpt:
"Wally Little converted the diesel truck of Peter Pratt’s Inn owner Jon Pratt to a veggiemobile in 2003. ‘I told him he was nuts," says Little, But I did it anyway, and now here we are.’"
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Mam’k Shows Off New Veggie Oil Garbage Truck
Larchmont Gazette, February 29, 2008, by Judy Silberstein
"A whiff of French fries was in the air at the Maxwell Avenue public works yard on Wednesday, February 27 as the Town of Mamaroneck unveiled its newly retrofitted garbage truck powered by vegetable oil. Hailed as New York State’s first working refuse collecting truck of its kind, it had already made an appearance at Westchester County’s Global Warming Summit on Monday. The truck is standard, but it has been overhauled by V.O. Tech Fuel Systems of Mahopac, NY to run on both diesel and recycled vegetable oil, obtained free from local restaurants…"
Town of Mamaroneck press release.
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Diesel World
Make Your Own Fuel: It’s All Out There
by John Stewart
(Original Publication January, 2008)
Exerpt:
"…V.O. Tech is a manufacturer of systems that convert diesel engines to operate on pure vegetable oil… …Their systems allow for switching between petro and 100 percent VO fuel, and according to the company, they know how to make it work on OBD-2 equipped vehicles."
www.dieselworldmag.com
Westchester County Executive Andrew J. Spano holds press conference to unveil "Veggie Van" powered using V.O. Tech system
Westchester County’s Press Release
WCBS NewsRadio 880 story
The Journal News
Westchester’s ‘Veggie Van’ helps fuel cleaner energy policy, by Greg Clary
(Original Publication September 21, 2007)
Exerpt:
" There’s Wally Little, a Mahopac mechanic who’s spending increasingly bigger portions of his day retrofitting diesel trucks and cars to run on restaurant leavings and inventing systems to strain impurities from the oil he collects."
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Auto Body Repair News
The GROWING use of alternative fuel,
By Tschanen Niederkohr
With gas prices at all-time highs and possible new exhaust laws, the environmentally friendly vehicle moves from a dream to reality
(Original Publication August 1, 2007)
Exerpt:
" For drivers wanting more than just a B20 blend of biodiesel, Jonathan Bernz and Walter Little operate V.O. Tech, the company that created the patent-pending Geo to allow diesel engines to run on straight vegetable oil. "We’re going back to the original concept of the diesel engine in that it’s running on the type of oil (diesel inventor Rudolph Diesel) had envisioned," he says… …The vegetable oil, which most users get from restaurants, is heated to between 180 and 190 degrees in the Geo, which uses water from the vehicle’s radiator. When started, the vehicle runs on diesel fuel until the vegetable oil is heated; the driver then can flip a switch so the vehicle can run on vegetable oil.
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The New York Times
Where There’s Never an Oil Shortage, by Jim Norman
(Original Publication May 13, 2007)
Exerpt:
"A crowd gathered as Wally Little, a partner in the newly formed V.O. Tech, a conversion company in nearby Mahopac, showed his filter unit, a shiny hunk of milled aluminum equipped with an electric heater to keep the normally viscous vegetable oil thin enough to pass through modern diesel injectors."
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Alternative Energy Convention Celebrates the Power of Grease
The Journal News, By Chris Serico
(Original Publication: May 7, 2007)
Excerpt:
"In addition to exhibiting and demonstrating these vehicles, the event attempted to raise awareness about other uses for alterative fuel, including organic farming and heating and cooling for homes and businesses"
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The Journal News
Vegetable Oil Relpaces Diesel, By Allan Drury
(Original Publication: March 28, 2007)
Excerpt:
"Walter Little, 45, is co-owner and founder of V.O. Tech LLC, the company that makes the Geo, a kit that converts mechanical and electronic diesel-powered engines to operate on pure vegetable oil… …With crude oil prices twice as high as just three years ago, American troops fighting a drawn-out war in Iraq and increasing concern about global warming, using vegetable oil could emerge as a popular alternative to diesel, a petroleum-based product that is more expensive than unleaded gasoline."
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Green Energy News
Biodiesel or Bio-friendly Diesel Engine?
(Original Publication: February 28, 2007)
Excerpt:
"V.O. Tech has developed a conversion kit to eliminate the problem of slow-flowing vegetable oil in cold weather. The system includes a filter, fuel tank heater, fuel heater, and insulated fuel lines. It uses both electric heat and engine heat to warm fuel before its sent into the fuel injection system."
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Hudson Valley Business Journal
The dreamer, the mechanic and the restaurateur, By Dylan Skriloff
(Original Publication: April 9, 2007)
Excerpt:
"Little decided to go to work and come up with a new device which he named the Geo… …with the Geo, for the first time engines converted to vegetable oil offer centralized heating and filtration of the fuel."
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The Hartford Courant
A Recipe for Commuting, By Steve Grant
(Original Publication: February 27, 2007)
Excerpt:
"Zidi is among a comparative handful of people who have converted a diesel-engine car or truck to burn vegetable oil… …
The chef took his Mercedes sedan to V.O. Tech Vegetable Oil Fuel Systems in Mahopac, N.Y., where co-owner Wally Little installed a conversion system that allows Zidi to run on either petroleum diesel fuel or vegetable oil… …
It can be done, and it works, and it can save a lot of money."
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RV’s in the News
Fifth Wheel Puller Flys on French Fry Oil, By Russ De Maris
(Original Publication: April 8, 2007)
Excerpt:
"When New York resident Walter Little takes his family out fifth-wheeling, he sticks a little extra fuel in the cab of his truck: A couple of 35 gallon drums of vegatable oil."
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Hudson Valley Business
The Little invention that could, By Bob Chuvala
(Original Publication: February 26, 2007)
Excerpt:
"About four years ago Walter Little was asked by a friend to install a kit on his diesel-engine truck so that it could run on vegetable oil. After the conversion, Little — an auto mechanic for close to 30 years — became an installer for the company that sold the kit, converting “close to 300 vehicles” before he dreamed up his own conversion kit."
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The New York Times
OUR TOWNS
Fill It Up, Please, and Check for Clogged Arteries, By Peter Applebome
May 3, 2006
Excerpt:
"YORKTOWN, N.Y. — About midway through the event billed as Greasestock, a voice boomed out, “Steve is going to demonstrate his vegetable-oil-sucking device.” This might not be guaranteed to draw a crowd everywhere, but when you have a bunch of people with cars, trucks and S.U.V.’s that run mostly on leftover grease from Chinese or Italian restaurants, it is no minor event."
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The Journal News
Drivers switch off gasoline at Yorktown expo,
By Brian J. Howard
(Original publication: May 1, 2006)
Excerpt:
"People usually venture up the woodsy, winding roads to Peter Pratt’s Inn for the fine cuisine and bucolic atmosphere, not to talk about fuel economy or carbon emissions.
But when gas prices soar past $3 a gallon, people do funny things — like become environmentalists."
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The Journal News
 Higher gas prices could mean cleaner air
By Greg Clary
(Original Publication: November 10, 2005)
Excerpt:
"That’s a benefit as far as Wally Little is concerned, too. The Yorktown resident runs Wally’s Super Service, an auto repair shop in Mahopac, and likes spreading the gospel of cleaner air every time one of his customers looks to find a way to keep down his or her fuel costs."
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