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Air Car - Car Runs on Compressed Air

Created August 17, 2005, at 2:06 pm by Anonymous

Have anyone heard anything about the new air cars that is being manufactured in Spain and Portugal? The vehicle runs on compressed air, sort of like an air compressor used for power tools on construction sites. The car can reach top speeds of 82 MPH and can travel 1240 miles with on board gas tanks to run the charger. Almost No Gas, No Oil, No Battery. Recharging can take only 2-3 minutes to refill at a service station. Check it out at:

http://www.theaircar.com

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

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

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

Curious to know what others think about these cars.

Anonymous

6 years ago

To my knowledge, these cars are not yet produced.
If you have other information, I would be most interested to know where you found it.

There are pros and cons compared to electric-hybrid cars.
Compressed air (at 300 bar) takes a lot more space than an advanced battery pack and its overall efficiency is lower. On the other hand, the technology is really cheap .

By the way, there are some other companies working in this field. Swiss company The Aircar AG announces an Airsquad this and an Aircar next year. Its website: www.aircars.ch (only German).
There is also a company in Korea

Anonymous

6 years ago

I am unable to find much recent news in English. Most all the information I can find is in Spanish. But below are a few sites I found in English.

There is more information about the air cars on "How Stuff Works" website at:

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

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/question133.htm

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/framed.htm?parent=air-car.htm&url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2281011.stm

This information above is several years old but explains it well. It appears they made some progress with the air car since this information was put on "How Stuff Works". The car top speed and distance traveled has been increased since then.

You can also read about the air cars on:

http://www.motordeaire.com/ing/UKPressrelease.html#Eng

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

http://www.motordeaire.com/mascerca.html#Eng

Anonymous

6 years ago

Seems that the company (MDI) is now focusing on stationary applications. Their cars won't be available before end 2006.

Anonymous

6 years ago

The Korean Air Car mentioned on CNN:

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/03/30/spark.air.car/index.html

Gary Greenwood

3 years ago

Right now their top speed is a slow walk! You can jog faster. It's going to be a lot longer for one of these to be a viable alternative.

Wess

3 years ago

Let´s see some more info about it on http://www.aircar.info

johnsteve

3 years ago

I saw lot of cars model and rates from this site.You can also just visit this site.Thanks.
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john

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Anonymous

2 years ago

this is a great website and i like it i used it as a referebne for a project at my school

Anonymous

2 years ago

Hi, I have been reading about this for the past 3-4 years now but nothing actually has materialized ie no car has come to the road. Will it just die out?

anamika

1 year ago

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John deMaere

29 weeks ago

Foe anyone requiring more info

Scott M

12 weeks ago

Hi,

India is set to produce the World's First Air-Powered Car: Zero Emissions
www.popularmechanics.com/cars/news/preview-concept/4217016
The problem that I have with hybrids and all electric vehicles is the source of electricity. Electricity in the United States is mainly produced by burning coal. Oil, natural gas and coal are the major suppliers of electricity throughout the world. Nuclear plants service some communities but the cost of running them and disposing of the waste are major drawbacks to a long-term solution. All of the fossil and nuclear fuels are finite resources. Cars powered by electricity are still essentially running of the byproduct of fossil fuels. Companies are developing cars that run on hydrogen have the same problem. The most economical way to produce hydrogen is by the steam reformation of natural gas. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_economy) Once again, we are back to a finite fossil fuel, natural gas.
Cars that run on compressed air have the best chance of meeting our transportation needs. I think that a compressed air car with a solar panel on the roof to run an air compressor with a battery and small bio fuel backup will be the best feasible solution.

Herobrine

10 weeks ago

Compressed air is awesome! Lets use it for everything.

(MINECRAFT FOREVER)

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