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Originally Posted by Tron_fdc
Tata Motors and ex-Formula One engineer Guy N. from a Luxembourg MDI have come up with a car that runs on air. Dubbed the Tata Mini CAT, or Air Car, the environmentally-friendly car uses no petrol, requires little maintenance and has a range of around 300km between re-gassing. Tata hopes to have it on the market in India in 2012.
http://www.caradvice.com.au/141944/t...debut-in-2012/
Interesting concept. I know what killed the hydrogen cars was the lack of infrastructure to refuel them, but this is an interesting idea if all you need is compressed air.
I will say one thing though. I sure as heck wouldn't want to be rear ended with a 4350psi canister somewhere in the vehicle.
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Depends on what kind of tank they are using really. I'm sure they could design a tank of fiberglass or some other more flexible material that is less likely to explode in the event of an accident.
If they really have managed to create a veihcle that can run 300km on one fill, for $2.00, and with a top speed of over 100 km/hr, this could be a game changer. I have my doubts to the range. 300 km seems ridiculously far for this kind of system.