By Next Sumer India is set to launch a compressed air powered car according to this article by Popular Mechanics. At least on the car end that is a whopping Zero emissions.
The pneumatic engine has been with us since the 1800′s. But MDI is producing some 6000 zero-emissions cars powered by compressed air scheduled to be on the streets of India in August of 2008. The cars will have a top speed of 68 miles an hour and a range of about 125 miles. Re-loading the tanks with air takes only a few minutes at a properly equipped air station at a cost of around 2 bucks. The car also sports a built in compressor capable of refilling the tanks within around 4 hours.
There are plans to bring the car to Germany, Israel, and South Africa but of course no plans for a US invasion. I’m not surprised by anything anymore.
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I am willing to sell my LEXUS,and buy one of these compressed air cars.Beeing now retired,I am only wandering around the city.
If the cars ever do come to America, we should get the air for free,,,,we have a lot of hot air from our politicans!!
i just hope these air powered cars will reach our country, Philippines.
Why India ? Why not a first world country? They should not hesitate to contribute to the environment that they keep promoting about, and save the world from famine and terrorism by using plain air, and not petroleum, from the middle east.