Recently, we were asked ‘What companies make Air Powered Cars?’ Given all the noise that surfaced about 10 months ago concerning the state of this amazing technology we thought an update was needed. There are at least three companies working on producing compressed air-powered vehicles. The most well-known is MDI, based in France. MDI is headed up by Guy Negre (www.mdi.lu). It is MDI’s company that has, or had, an agreement with Tata Motors (India) to bring an air car to market. MDI (with an American affiliate) exhibited a working prototype of the car at last Spring’s NY Auto Show, where it won an award for innovation. When Guy Negre originally made his deal with Tata Motors it was said that the vehicle would be ready for distribution in some global markets by 4th quarter of this year (2008). So far there’s no sign of it, and the status of his relationship with Tata is unknown. For several years, Guy Negre had an associate in Spain, Miguel Celades Rex, but a business dispute ended their relationship. Miquel now runs Air Car Factories in Barcelona (www.aircarfactories.com). At the beginning of 2008 Air Car Factories also announced that they […]