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Directory:Air Cars

Directory of cars that run on the power of compressed air. Related resources.

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Featured: Fuel Efficiency > Engines / Air Cars > MYT >
MYT Engine on 2001 Ford Focus on Air - Prior to making a major announcement in the coming days, Angel Labs is releasing some archival photos and videos of a 2005 press conference and of a 2001 Ford Focus modified to run on their 14-inch engine in 2004, using air. That MYT engine had previously run on diesel. (PESN and BeforeItsNews; April 18, 2011)

Air Cars: A New Wind for America's Roads? - Zero Pollution Motors is betting consumers will be willing to fork over $20,000 for a vehicle that can motor around all day on nothing but air and a splash of salad oil, alcohol or possibly a pint of gasoline. (Yahoo Finance; Oct. 30, 2008) (Thanks Gary Vesperman)

Featured: Air Cars / Magnet Motors >
Magnetic Air Car Could Be Ready by 2010 - The Magnetic Air Car uses three on-board substations to build and harness compressed air. "A battery starts a magnetic motor… which in turn drives a small but powerful on-board air compressor. The air flow is then tubocharged and multiplied." (PESWiki; Oct. 14, 2008)

MDI Air Car - The MDI Air Car uses compressed air to push its engine’s pistons, can hit 68 mph, has a range of 125 miles, and can be refuelled in a few minutes with custom air compressors at a cost of around $2. Will be available in France late 2009. Tata Motors of India is also planning to produce these zero-emissions cars.

Engineair’s Ultra-Efficient Rotary Compressed-Air Motor - Elegant minimalist design eliminates most of the working parts traditionally associated with internal combustion engine; offers close to 100% energy efficiency for a variety of transport and stationary applications.

EVs / Fuel Efficiency / Air Cars >
Air hybrid vehicles could halve fuel consumption - New research suggests that pneumatic or air hybrids that store braking energy as compressed air would be much cheaper to produce than the current crop of EVs and battery-electric hybrids and could halve the fuel consumption of ICE powered vehicles. (Gizmag; February 7, 2011)

The future of fuel could be...air? - Students at Clarkson University in New York have been assigned a project by their professor to build a compressed air vehicle, with hopes that eventually they will build an engine strong enough to power a full sized car. (10Now; 05/13/2006)

Featured: Buyer Beware / Fuel Efficiency > Retrofits > Air Cars >
Air4Zero's Compressed Air Claims Defy Logic - A company named Air4Zero claims to have a conversion kit that can allow any car to run on compressed air. Their claims of zero cost per fueling, a 20,000 to 50,000 mile range, and a method of continually recycling the compressed air are bold, to say the least. (PESN and BeforeItsNews; August 29, 2011)

Top 100: Air Cars > MDI >
$10,000 Car Runs On Air - On October 9 MDI unveiled its answer to the need for clean air and urban mobility - the AIRPod. With its low price, zero pollution, high range and playful and futuristic design, the AIRPod marks a turning point in the nexus of automobile and urban transportation. And it will cost less than a Euro per 200 km to operate and will leave no one stuck in traffic jam. (CNN / (via BIN); Oct. 27, 2010)

Go-Karting Goes Green With Compressed Air - Students modified a snowmobile engine to run on compressed air stored in two scuba tanks, producing power similar to a gas engine. They attached the engine to a go-kart that can go 43 km/h full out. Although it runs out of air quickly, the zero local emissions make it attractive for indoor operations and the tanks are easy to refill. (EcoFriend; June 11, 2008)

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