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Air Car Hits The Market
A French-designed car powered by compressed air can go 70 mph and has a range of 125 miles on flat roads. It uses high pressure air to drive two pistons and you can breathe the car's exhaust. The Midi car has been on the market on a limited basis in France for a couple years. Recently, India's Tata Motors bought rig
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Air Car Hits The Market FARM HOME Cars 32-3-5 A French-designed car powered by compressed air can go 70 mph and has a range of 125 miles on flat roads. It uses high pressure air to drive two pistons and you can breathe the car's exhaust. The Midi car has been on the market on a limited basis in France for a couple years. Recently, India's Tata Motors bought rights to build and sell the cars in India.
The Midi's engine weighs just 80 lbs. Fuel is compressed to 4,350 psi but the company, Negre's Motor Development, says that in a collision the tank would harmlessly split down the sides with no explosion. Because of its limited range, compressed air filling stations will obviously have to be close by wherever the cars are sold.
A U.S. company, Zero Pollution Motors in New Paltz, N.Y. (www.zeropollutionmotors.com), plans to roll the car out in the U.S. in 2010 for $18,000.
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