Air Car coming to US as early as 2009
Remember the Air Car that we wrote about a week ago? It’s beginning production in India soon, but it looks like it might make it Stateside as early as 2009.
Zero Pollution Motors has said that it expects to produce the world’s first compressed air-powered car for the US by late 2009 or early 2010. The company plans to produce 10,000 Air Cars per year.
The first of the models to be produced in the US will have six seats, a top speed of 96 mph, and can travel as far as 1000 miles on one tank of air. It is expected to cost $17,800.
The Air Car concept is very cool, but so far it can’t compete with the 6 and 8 cylinder gas-guzzlers we are all used to driving. It will take some more time before compressed air engines catch on, but we love to see this kind of innovation. More and more technologies are being developed to replace conventional fuel, and this is one that has potential.
Tags: air car, compressed air, green, zero pollution motors
February 23rd, 2008 at 9:04 am
Write where it is possible to esteem more in detail about this car
February 23rd, 2008 at 10:28 am
This car looks cool. I’m sure the petrol companies are thrilled about it….not!
February 23rd, 2008 at 11:39 am
Maks, unfortunately at this time details are scant on the car. The information here is pretty much most of what’s known about it at this time. Here is the Air Car’s website, but you won’t find much there:
http://www.theaircar.com/acf/
At this point it’s just speculation.
February 24th, 2008 at 5:49 am
I hope they sell the compressor to be installed in the garage, it would make a perfect second car and maybe even a first car eventualy
March 25th, 2008 at 10:34 am
I smell snake oil. A thousand miles on a charge? To fit that much compressed air into a small car, the pressure in a full tank would have to be terrifyingly hign.