Wow. This impresses me.
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/compressed-air-car.shtml
AIR POWERED CAR!
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Man, those are some tiny cars. I don't know if I'd want to go 65 mph in one of those. If it hit a pothole at that speed it just might go airborne. 
Goofy appearance and questionable top-speed aside, however, I'd love to see these made in the U.S. In fact, it actually wouldn't surprise me if some American motor companies have developed similar prototypes.
What I would wager is holding them up is the refusal by the oil companies to expand any of their current existing gas stations to included a compressed air pump. That's what's holding it up: the compressed air car can only be refueled at a specially equipped station, so as long as the oil companies are refusing to pursue it as an investment for themselves and using their political ties to prevent anyone else from doing so, it won't happen.
2009 baby. January 10th, 2009, and maybe-maybe-maybe we'll finally get to see some improvements.
Goofy appearance and questionable top-speed aside, however, I'd love to see these made in the U.S. In fact, it actually wouldn't surprise me if some American motor companies have developed similar prototypes.
What I would wager is holding them up is the refusal by the oil companies to expand any of their current existing gas stations to included a compressed air pump. That's what's holding it up: the compressed air car can only be refueled at a specially equipped station, so as long as the oil companies are refusing to pursue it as an investment for themselves and using their political ties to prevent anyone else from doing so, it won't happen.
2009 baby. January 10th, 2009, and maybe-maybe-maybe we'll finally get to see some improvements.
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I definitely want that car. But I'm afraid the Elite is going increase the price way over than the Hybrids and boycott in some parts of the world.
It saves money, gas, and highly efficient. Air powered cars are not to be underestimated.
It saves money, gas, and highly efficient. Air powered cars are not to be underestimated.
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Nice idea for a city car, but it isn't Zero-Pollution. It just doesn't pollute HERE. The electricity to run it will probably come from a coal or gas-fired generating plant.
One of the problems with cars like this in the U.S. is our insistence on protection (roll-cages, door panels, etc.) that aren't as stringently written in other countries. Weight is the enemy of a car like this, and we'd add hundreds of pounds to such a vehicle with things like that alone. On the bright side, air bags would probably be cheaper in such a car. Then there is the fact that there are a series of very high pressure air reservoirs under the vehicle, and people would expect them to explode in a crash.
That's a pity; since the idea is good, practical, and effective. We may see thses vehicles first as "Service Vehicles" used off the heavily regulated streets, as replacements for battery-powered electric "Golf Cart" type vehicles now in use.
Who knows, in a few years we may indeed be riding in a compressed air-powered car. The only major problem I can see is the American requirement that even a "city" car be able to travel from here to West Armpit and back to visit one's family at a moment's notice. While I don't doubt the car could do it, sharing the highways with Figarou's gas truck in such a light vehicle might make me a little nervous. Then too; lightweight vehicles tend to be "bouncy" on the freeway because their light weight won't tame our American decaying, decomposing, highway net.
We'll see...
One of the problems with cars like this in the U.S. is our insistence on protection (roll-cages, door panels, etc.) that aren't as stringently written in other countries. Weight is the enemy of a car like this, and we'd add hundreds of pounds to such a vehicle with things like that alone. On the bright side, air bags would probably be cheaper in such a car. Then there is the fact that there are a series of very high pressure air reservoirs under the vehicle, and people would expect them to explode in a crash.
That's a pity; since the idea is good, practical, and effective. We may see thses vehicles first as "Service Vehicles" used off the heavily regulated streets, as replacements for battery-powered electric "Golf Cart" type vehicles now in use.
Who knows, in a few years we may indeed be riding in a compressed air-powered car. The only major problem I can see is the American requirement that even a "city" car be able to travel from here to West Armpit and back to visit one's family at a moment's notice. While I don't doubt the car could do it, sharing the highways with Figarou's gas truck in such a light vehicle might make me a little nervous. Then too; lightweight vehicles tend to be "bouncy" on the freeway because their light weight won't tame our American decaying, decomposing, highway net.
We'll see...
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Keep in mind that the car is being made in India, where most people are too piss-poor to afford a car period. What we consider a standard, most people in India would consider excessive and beyond reason.
So while they probably will be small compared to the big fat abominations that (to my utter amazement) still clog up America's roadways, I'm sure in the hands of an American and/or Japanese manufacturer, they would be that much closer to our expectations.
The problem is just actually getting said manufacturers to consider it, and that in turn involves getting the energy companies to format for it. The automotive industry isn't really at fault for us not having them because, after all, where's the logic in buying a car that can't be refueled?
So while they probably will be small compared to the big fat abominations that (to my utter amazement) still clog up America's roadways, I'm sure in the hands of an American and/or Japanese manufacturer, they would be that much closer to our expectations.
The problem is just actually getting said manufacturers to consider it, and that in turn involves getting the energy companies to format for it. The automotive industry isn't really at fault for us not having them because, after all, where's the logic in buying a car that can't be refueled?