Steven Hawking's Hero
Posts: 6,445 
October 30th, 2006, 01:13 PM
http://www.theaircar.com/howitworks.html
On the CBS News early edition....
I saw a report on a father and son team in France who have invented and perfected a little car which actually runs on compressed air.... it is explained in the link above. Google has a few more links to
the information - I've posted only one.
Apparently you drive into the "air station" and fill er up with more air when required. It runs for 120 miles (I don't know the km thing but the specs above will probably have that)... and it is approximately $2.00 to refill the compressor.
Clean air - clean motor - oh ya the lady driver Sheila McVicar (a Canadian working in the U.S. for CBS) said it sounds a bit like a lawnmower. Having never driven a lawnmore (I've always pushed mine).... I can't tell if she was right or not.
They will be ready in a year or two for mass marketing.
It is a big on the ugly side but it is a prototype which should look ugly so people will take them seriously I guess. It looks a bit like a larger, rounded edge golf cart.... but quite clean and neat inside. The do not accelerate beyond 65 MPH thus avoiding many deaths in the future of fast cars.....
Don't know if they will ever be integrated on the same roads as gas guzzlers - it would probably take a whole city/region to adopt the rules - and then no doubt a family would have to use a regular gas guzzler for longer journies.
Still......there is hope!
http://www.theaircar.com/howitworks.html
On the CBS News early edition....
I saw a report on a father and son team in France who have invented and perfected a little car which actually runs on compressed air.... it is explained in the link above. Google has a few more links to
the information - I've posted only one.
Apparently you drive into the "air station" and fill er up with more air when required. It runs for 120 miles (I don't know the km thing but the specs above will probably have that)... and it is approximately $2.00 to refill the compressor.
Clean air - clean motor - oh ya the lady driver Sheila McVicar (a Canadian working in the U.S. for CBS) said it sounds a bit like a lawnmower. Having never driven a lawnmore (I've always pushed mine).... I can't tell if she was right or not.
They will be ready in a year or two for mass marketing.
It is a big on the ugly side but it is a prototype which should look ugly so people will take them seriously I guess. It looks a bit like a larger, rounded edge golf cart.... but quite clean and neat inside. The do not accelerate beyond 65 MPH thus avoiding many deaths in the future of fast cars.....
Don't know if they will ever be integrated on the same roads as gas guzzlers - it would probably take a whole city/region to adopt the rules - and then no doubt a family would have to use a regular gas guzzler for longer journies.
Still......there is hope!
Steven Hawking's Hero
Posts: 6,445
October 30th, 2006, 01:32 PM
Sassy....
Their people have probably already purchased many of the necessary patents and equipment for manufacture -
I hope the father and son have some excellent legal people looking out for their interests. They are going to be run through the "corporate" mill no doubt.
Still - I love the idea of any vehice on the road unable to travel faster than 65 top....excepting of course emergency
and enforcement vehicles.
Sassy....
Their people have probably already purchased many of the necessary patents and equipment for manufacture -
I hope the father and son have some excellent legal people looking out for their interests. They are going to be run through the "corporate" mill no doubt.
Still - I love the idea of any vehice on the road unable to travel faster than 65 top....excepting of course emergency
and enforcement vehicles.
Chief Mogrifier
Posts: 8,810
October 30th, 2006, 01:42 PM
http://www.theaircar.com/
Welcome to the future!
After twelve years of reserch and development, Guy Negre has developed an engine that could become one of the biggest technological advances of this century. Its application to CAT vehicles gives them significant economical and environmental advantages. With the incorporation of bi-energy (compressed air + fuel) the CAT Vehicles have increased their driving range to close to 2000 km with zero pollution in cities and considerably reduced pollution outside urban areas.
As well, the application of the MDI engine in other areas, outside the automotive sector, opens a multitude of possibilities in nautical fields, co-generation, auxiliary engines, electric generators groups, etc. Compressed air is a new viable form of power that allows the accumulation and transport of energy. MDI is very close to initiating the production of a series of engines and vehicles. The company is financed by the sale of manufacturing licences and patents all over the world.
A 2000 km range would make it better than anything out there.
http://www.theaircar.com/
Welcome to the future!
After twelve years of reserch and development, Guy Negre has developed an engine that could become one of the biggest technological advances of this century. Its application to CAT vehicles gives them significant economical and environmental advantages. With the incorporation of bi-energy (compressed air + fuel) the CAT Vehicles have increased their driving range to close to 2000 km with zero pollution in cities and considerably reduced pollution outside urban areas.
As well, the application of the MDI engine in other areas, outside the automotive sector, opens a multitude of possibilities in nautical fields, co-generation, auxiliary engines, electric generators groups, etc. Compressed air is a new viable form of power that allows the accumulation and transport of energy. MDI is very close to initiating the production of a series of engines and vehicles. The company is financed by the sale of manufacturing licences and patents all over the world.
A 2000 km range would make it better than anything out there.
Knows No Bounds
Posts: 2,976
October 30th, 2006, 01:45 PM
Wow this is great news, what worries me is that I've read articles like this before and boom nothing is ever mentioned again. I've seen documentries regarding the Oil Industry crushing any tecnology that may effect their industry and they don't play fair at tall. It really opened my eyes to how ruthless and lacking in morals and ethics this industry is. I'll keep my fingers crossed that this product reaches the market.
Wow this is great news, what worries me is that I've read articles like this before and boom nothing is ever mentioned again. I've seen documentries regarding the Oil Industry crushing any tecnology that may effect their industry and they don't play fair at tall. It really opened my eyes to how ruthless and lacking in morals and ethics this industry is. I'll keep my fingers crossed that this product reaches the market.
Steven Hawking's Hero
Posts: 6,445
October 30th, 2006, 02:21 PM
Sassy
This one's been "outed" and it's something the people want - if the prices aren't so sky high they can't afford the product - which has always been a turn off for the poor regular folk....
I'll bet the orders will take years to complete.
Sassy
This one's been "outed" and it's something the people want - if the prices aren't so sky high they can't afford the product - which has always been a turn off for the poor regular folk....
I'll bet the orders will take years to complete.
October 30th, 2006, 02:32 PM
There is real demand for these products now. I don't think the oil industry can stop it. In the next three years, BMW and Honda will be releasing models which run on Hydrogen. Shell has allready recognized this and is in partnership with BMW to produce the fuel using solar power and water. The Honda comes with its own generator. You can make your own hydrogen, and supply your house with hydrogen, as long as you have a natural gas hook-up.
That MDI air car is great. I don't need a car right now. I can get around on bicycle power. When I do finally need one, if ever, I'll be getting something which doesn't run on long dead plants and animals.
There is real demand for these products now. I don't think the oil industry can stop it. In the next three years, BMW and Honda will be releasing models which run on Hydrogen. Shell has allready recognized this and is in partnership with BMW to produce the fuel using solar power and water. The Honda comes with its own generator. You can make your own hydrogen, and supply your house with hydrogen, as long as you have a natural gas hook-up.
That MDI air car is great. I don't need a car right now. I can get around on bicycle power. When I do finally need one, if ever, I'll be getting something which doesn't run on long dead plants and animals.
