106 mpg ‘air car’ creates buzz, questions
Posted by keelynet on August 15, 2008
GEEZ, how phreakin LONG has this been going on with claims from this MDI bunch? At least 20 years!!!
Shut UP already and get the damn things on the market!
I don’t like the idea of 2-3 cylinders at 6,000 psi in a moving vehicle that can easily crash…just watch what happens to a scuba tank charged up to 3,000 psi when the top gets knocked off…man, you have a bottle rocket that goes through anything and anybody.
Sure the tanks they use, I think are some kind of super strong spun composite but still, I’d be nervous about one of those things impaling the driver, passengers or bystanders.
“The technology has been the focus of MDI, a European company founded in 1991 by a French inventor and former race car engineer. New York-based Zero Pollution Motors is the first firm to obtain a license from MDI to produce the cars in the United States, pledging to deliver the first models in 2010 at a price tag of less than $18,000. The concept is similar to how a locomotive works, except compressed air — not steam — moves the engine’s pistons, said Shiva Vencat, vice president of MDI and CEO of Zero Pollution Motors. The six-seater planned for the U.S. market would be able to reach speeds of more than 90 mph and have a range of more than 800 miles thanks to a dual energy engine, Vencat said. The design calls for one or more tanks of compressed air under the car’s floor, as well as a tank holding at least 8 gallons of fuel. Whether the engine uses just air or both air and fuel would depend on how fast the car is going. It would run purely on compressed air at speeds less than 35 mph, Vencat said. Since the car could only go a short distance when using just air, fuel is needed to get the full range, he explained. “Above 35 mph, there is an external combustion system, which is basically a heater that uses a little bit of gasoline or biofuel or ethanol or vegetable oil that will heat the air,” Vencat said. “Heating the air increases its volume, and by increasing its volume, it increases [the car's] range. That’s why with one gallon of gasoline or its equivalent we are able to make over 100 mpg.” – Source










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