A Car That Runs On Air. Is It For Real?
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Looking for the cutting edge in fuel efficiency? Want to have a car in your garage that uses a renewable source? Well the Air Car may be just for you. This futuristic vehicle, dubbed the Air Car, makes some pretty hefty promises:
The Air Car is a new generation of vehicle that finally solves the motorist’s dilemma: how to drive and not pollute at a cost that is affordable!
The Air Car is built with the high performance Compressed Air Technology (C.A.T.) developed by Formula One race car engineer Guy Negre. This technology is proprietary and protected by over 40 patents to date. Negre applied his years of knowledge and experience developing Formula One engines — which start with a kick of compressed air — to achieve this major first step towards his ultimate vision: enabling clean driving at any speed and for any distance, at a cost that makes it a reality for everyone.
A recent infusion of 20 million Euros from a 2007 licensing agreement with India’s No. 1 car manufacturer, Ratan Tata, has accelerated development at Guy Negre’s Nice, France production plant.
A six-seater model is the first Air Car scheduled to enter the US landscape. It will bring you the freedom of driving as much as you want or need without guilt. Freedom from soaring gas prices as well as freedom from pollution (only pure air exits its tailpipe).
The technology has been tested. Prototypes have been running. The Air Car is now entering its final development stage, leading to the Air Car you will drive.
Interesting concept. Pricing starts at $17,800. What do you think? Is the Air Car for real?
Comments welcome.
Full specifications are here.
5 Comments
Denny
February 24th, 2008
at 10:35am
I see It’s Made in…. “India’s No. 1 car manufacturer”
I Wonder How there WARRENTY-SUPPORT.. is ._._. (LOL)
Ron Schenone
February 24th, 2008
at 2:14pm
Hi Denny,
India farms out their auto support here in the US ! LOL
Greg
February 24th, 2008
at 2:22pm
Compressing air requires a certain amount of energy which most likely is not derived from a clean renewable source.
kiko
February 26th, 2008
at 12:36pm
the air compression is achieved with a plug-in electric generator overnight, I believe.
No matter how green a car claims to be, there’s always a carbon footprint for it’s construction and drive-fuel compsumtion (in this case, just compressing the air)
At any rate, it’s a huge achievement to offer this technology at an affordable price, unlike the carrot on stick promises of the Hydrogen fuel cell.
The point is, mass consumer adoption of this car will be a MASSIVE STICK-IT TO THE OIL-CARTEL-MAN, and that’s VERY good news fellas.
Enis
February 27th, 2008
at 10:38am
To Greg, it’s true the air does need to be compressed and this is achieved through a gas powered on-board compressor but it is much much more efficient than to use a gas engine to drive the car. A tank of gas will provide enough compressed air to drive the car across the US.