Air-Car Is Ready for Launch
With its launch, India will not get a cost effective car but it will also free air pollution as well as will be able to solve the fuel problem.
The technology behind the air-car is not new and it had been around for years. It uses compressed air as an alternative fuel to push the piston. The manufacturer is expecting to roll out at least 6,000 cars by the end of 2008.
Mainly two technologies have been modified to meet up needs: single energy compressed air engines and dual energy compressed air plus fuel engine. In Minicats and Citycats models, the single energy engines will be available while the dual engine will be available with all MDI vehicles.
Both engines will be available with 2, 4, and 6 cylinders. The engine will be equipped to use gasoline, gas oil, bio diesel, gas, liquidized gas, ecological fuel, alcohol and more. Minicat will be projected as urban vehicle while Citycat is meant for long distance utility vehicle. And the most encouraging fact is that it will not cut consumers' pockets by more than 0.75 Euro per 100 km. Instead of the usual speedometer and RPM, the cars will have an onboard computer which will flash the car's information in front of the drive. The seat belt is also different compared to other cars and has been claimed as more secure than ever.
The recharging will be of much convenience and wallet friendly. The quickest way to refill is to go to any petrol station and to refuel it in 2-3 minutes by spending just 1.5 Euros. Alternately the fuel tank is mainly refueled by plugging the car into a socket to feed the motor alternator which compresses the air with the motor-compressor. The average estimated time for refilling has been calculated as 4 hours.
Though the car is mainly aimed at the green market, but there is doubt if it will really reduce the emission and air pollution overall. In India, fossil fuels are mainly burnt to produce electricity. Still, as the car will only emit pure air, common street air pollution is bound to decrease with its advent in the market.
Unfortunately northern America may not experience the air-car but Germany, Israel and South Africa along with 12 more countries will soon be able to test drive the car. MDI, the developer of the car is also not sitting idle while the car readies for the launch. They are already working on the dual engine hybrid version to make it a reality soon.
You will get more information by visiting the AirCar website or http://green.yahoo.com/index.php?q=node/315
Published by Kanquona Bhattacharjee
A post graduate degree holder (MA) in english from the University of Calcutta. Started career as a freelance author and journalist. View profile
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3 Comments
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Can wait to get one. The money I'll save.
This wil be great for work. I drive 3 hours/day to work at a cost of $62/wk. If I can cut that down by 50%, I am game.
This will change the the entire automotive industry.
The Air Car is a wonderful invention. However will the public go for it? If the price is right and as you say you get 100 miles to a gallon. This is the solution that the United States should be interested in. We need to quit relying on these countries that sell the oil.
It's so frustrating to live in America and see other countries taking real steps forward on energy, while gas guzzlers are still big sellers here.