A Car That Runs On Air!

A car that runs on compressed air, instead of gasoline or diesel?
Yes, Virginia! Air cars are real and are being manufactured, but not by Americans.  🙁
Here’s CNN on the air car:

A longer video on the air car (h/t beloved fellow Joseph Fasciani):

Here’s Wikipedia on “Air Car”:

Storage tanks are often made of carbon-fiber for weight reduction while maintaining strength; if penetrated carbon fiber will crack but not produce shrapnel.
Compressed air cars are emission-free at the exhaust. Since a compressed air car’s source of energy is usually electricity, its total environmental impact depends on how clean the source of this electricity is. Different regions can have very different sources of power, ranging from high-emission power sources such as coal to zero-emission power sources such as wind. A given region can also update its electrical power sources over time, thereby improving or worsening total emissions.
Various companies are investing in the research, development and deployment of Compressed air cars. Overoptimistic reports of impending production date back to at least May 1999. For instance, the MDI Air Car made its public debut in South Africa in 2002, and was predicted to be in production “within six months” in January 2004. As of January 2009, the air car never went into production in South Africa. Most of the cars under development also rely on using similar technology to Low-energy vehicles in order to increase the range and performance of their cars.

To read the entire Wiki article, CLICK HERE.
Wiki lists the following Air Car manufacturers, none of which is American:

  • MDI or Motor Development International (France)
  • Tata Motors (India)
  • Air Car Factories (Spain)
  • Energine (South Korea)
  • K’Airmobiles (France)
  • Engineair (Australia)


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0 responses to “A Car That Runs On Air!

  1. Sex crazed poodle Gore should be driving one of these since he is full of hot air 🙂


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