BBC News is reporting that a French company has developed a pollution-free car which runs on compressed air. India’s Tata Motors has the car under production and it may be on sale in Europe and India by the end of the year. The air car, also known as the Mini-CAT or City Cat, can be refueled in minutes from an air compressor at specially equipped gas stations and can go 200 km on a 1.5 euro fill-up — roughly 125 miles for $3. The top speed will be almost 70 mph and the cost of the vehicle as low as $7000. The car features a fibreglass body and a revolutionary electrical system and is completely computer-controlled. It is powered by the expansion of compressed air, using no combustion at all, and the exhaust is entirely clean and cool enough for use in the internal air conditioning system. Tata Motors is known for its interest in innovation and has been selling compressed gas buses since 2000. It is currently working on producing the world’s cheapest car, which will be almost 100% plastic and will sell in India for about $2500. Tata is also expanding into the world […]
Saturday, January 5th, 2008
Revolutionary Air Car Runs on Compressed Air
Author: MIKE ALVAZ and MURIEL KANE
Source: therawstory.com
Publication Date: 01/04/2008 @ 11:06 am
Link: Revolutionary Air Car Runs on Compressed Air
Source: therawstory.com
Publication Date: 01/04/2008 @ 11:06 am
Link: Revolutionary Air Car Runs on Compressed Air
Stephan: Long time SR readers know I have been predicting for over a decade that before this decade is over alternative powered vehicles would come online principally from other nations, particularly in Asia, because the American automobile industry seems more interested in defending the past than leading the way into the future - if you doubt this consider their recent lobbying to block increased fuel economy. I did a story on the air car in 1990, when they began to develop it in France. Now it is about to go into production, in an interesting Franco-Indian joint effort. Tata Motors, is the third largest car maker in India.