The Air-Powered Car: Zero Emissions [merged threads]

[Benji_DCP]

Ever heard of the Air-powered car? A French company is pioneering in developing vehicles propelled by highly compressed air. Check out their site for more info:

http://www.theaircar.com/index.html

[Benji_DCP]

Here are some pictures of the CAT vehicles:

[Bogeyman]

Kayang-kaya 'yan dito sa Pilipinas. Just choose your favorite solon and put him/her under the hood. Presto! A car powered by hot air!

Lagay ka na lang ng sticker sa hood, "Air-powered car: Politician Inside". :lol:

[ess]

Baka naman lumpad na yung sasakyan sa lakas ng hangin...

[ghosthunter]

hmmmm, so if this happens for real, we can see gas stations putting meters on their air hoses and charging for every liter of compressed air... :D

[Benji_DCP]

hehehe....kidding aside! The technology is for real!



The CAT engine is no longer an internal combustion type, hence its exhaust is simply air!

Click on the following link and read on about this technology:

http://www.howstuffworks.com/air-car.htm

[ghosthunter]

the major obstacle for this "engine" techology is the power to weight ratio. Also getting a good range within a city might be hard to accomplish... that 300km per full tank might be from highway driving only.

[mazdamazda]

another obstacle is the storage requirements needed for the said compressed air. weight also becomes and issue if you have "full tank".

[Benji_DCP]

Apprehensions usually come with new and untested technologies. I myself would not want to sit in this vehicle with air tanks compressed with air up to 4700 Psi unless the safety is tested and assured!

The manufacturer; e.Volutions claims that Mexico is ordering 40,000 of these cars for use as Taxi's...this we got to see!;)

[ghosthunter]

it would be interesting if they would try a circuit race with these type of car... hehehe... it would be interesting to see how you can turbocharge an air powered car... hmmmm :D

[niky]

Actually, sitting on compressed air is no problem... air blowouts can be vented to the side... compressed hydrogen is scarier.

[Taurus]

World's First Air-Powered Car: Zero Emissions


This six-seater tax, which should be available in India next year, is powered entirely by a tank filled with compressed air.


India’s largest automaker is set to start producing the world’s first commercial air-powered vehicle. The Air Car, developed by ex-Formula One engineer Guy Nègre for Luxembourg-based MDI, uses compressed air, as opposed to the gas-and-oxygen explosions of internal-combustion models, to push its engine’s pistons. Some 6000 zero-emissions Air Cars are scheduled to hit Indian streets in August of 2008.

Barring any last-minute design changes on the way to production, the Air Car should be surprisingly practical. The $12,700 CityCAT, one of a handful of planned Air Car models, can hit 68 mph and has a range of 125 miles. It will take only a few minutes for the CityCAT to refuel at gas stations equipped with custom air compressor units; MDI says it should cost around $2 to fill the car’s carbon-fiber tanks with 340 liters of air at 4350 psi. Drivers also will be able to plug into the electrical grid and use the car’s built-in compressor to refill the tanks in about 4 hours.

Of course, the Air Car will likely never hit American shores, especially considering its all-glue construction. But that doesn’t mean the major automakers can write it off as a bizarre Indian experiment — MDI has signed deals to bring its design to 12 more countries, including Germany, Israel and South Africa.



This is one excellent innovation!

Refueling in gas stations with air . . . libre lang to 'di ba! hehehe (4350 psi pala )

[170kphlang]

4 hours refill? ang tagal nun..

[niky]

4 hours with the built-in compressor.

I'd imagine the electricity cost for the fill here would be a bit more than $2... but if it's possible to bring such a vehicle in for fleet use, that would be quite nice.

But what do you use to run the aircon?

[ghosthunter]

similar threads merged

[Taurus]

Tagal na pala to . . .bakit kaya ngayon lang ang release?