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/tests.html
http://www.theaircar.com/station.html
http://www.theaircar.com/media_images.html
Curious to know what others think about these cars.
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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
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
Seems that the company (MDI) is now focusing on stationary applications. Their cars won't be available before end 2006.
The Korean Air Car mentioned on CNN:
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/03/30/spark.air.car/index.html
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.
Let´s see some more info about it on http://www.aircar.info
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