Air-Powered Car: Zero Emissions

This six-seater tax is powered entirely by a tank filled with compressed air.

India's largest automaker producing this commercial air-powered vehicle. The Air Car, developed by ex-Formula One engineer Guy NÃ¨gre for Luxembourg-based MDI, uses compressed air, as opposed to the gas-and-oxygen explosions of internal-combustion models, to push its engine's pistons.

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.

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Krishna Kalki February 12, 2012 at 12:55am
Michael February 12, 2012 at 12:53am

kind~a ugly but efficient ..........I'll take it ...........if I have too.......but I don't have to so far, so happy trails future drivers..........
1 darkstar February 12, 2012 at 12:06am

Wow! Truly far-out!
Krishna Kalki February 11, 2012 at 11:31pm
Krishna Kalki February 11, 2012 at 11:26pm
Drome February 11, 2012 at 9:06am

Hey Ravinder, can you provide me sources?

I know people who are developing a car that runs on 100% water and they will be interesting in this too!

Thanks in advance. :)
- Krishna Kalki > Drome February 11, 2012 at 11:20pm
  
  Yes Sir ...this is the first time i saw this Air Powered Car so i posted here if others had not seen it ..it is from this article and i did not post the date because it is not new but new for those who did not see this before.
  
  http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/news/preview-concept/4217016
  
  Nevertheless if you just type in Cars run on Air and you will see so many sites
  
  namaste
  - Drome > Krishna Kalki February 12, 2012 at 1:00am
    
    Thank You :)