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"…India's largest automaker Tata Motors 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 by August
The Air Car, called the MiniCAT could cost around Rs. 3,50,000 ($ 8177) in India and would have a range of around 300 km between refuels.
The cost of a refill would be about Rs. 85 ($ 2)."
http://carsznew.blogspot.com/2011/01/tata-new-car-in-2011.html
From Andrew Dunkerton via Godfrey Stephens
1 comment:
Hey Lloyd,
Thanks for bringing this car to light. I had not yet seen it. Very cool. I remember seeing an article in the Orange County Register back in the '70s about a guy making a compressed air car. Must have been around the oil crisis. I looked it up, but could not find the exact one, but here's a link to a brief history of the compressed air car.
http://bit.ly/jCm9nM
Now if we can fit the cities with solar compressors, we're good.
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