Air Car: India's Eco-Friendly Auto

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Popular Mechanics has seen enough merit in this invention (air car) to write an article about it.

Barring any last-minute design changes on the way to production, the Air Car should be surprisingly practical. The $12,700 CityCAT, one of a handful of planned Air Car models, can hit 68 mph and has a range of 125 miles. It will take only a few minutes for the CityCAT to refuel at gas stations equipped with custom air compressor units; MDI says it should cost around $2 to fill the car’s carbon-fiber tanks with 340 liters of air at 4350 psi. Drivers also will be able to plug into the electrical grid and use the car’s built-in compressor to refill the tanks in about 4 hours.

Of course, the Air Car will likely never hit American shores, especially considering its all-glue construction. But that doesn’t mean the major automakers can write it off as a bizarre Indian experiment — MDI has signed deals to bring its design to 12 more countries, including Germany, Israel and South Africa.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/new_cars/4217016.html

There's also a video on UTube of the vehicle which also demonstrates how you can hand pump air into the air tanks on board the air car.

Critics of the air-powered car idea say that the cars only move the air pollution from the car's exhaust to somewhere else, like an electrical power plant. These cars do require electricity in order for the air to be compressed inside the tanks, and fossil fuel power is needed to supply electricity.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/air-car1.htm

Electricity is also available from solar panels, hydro dams, tidal generators, wind generators, fuel cell generators ( http://www.generatorhydrogen.info/ ) etc...

 

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(aircar that needs a tune up )