Air Car by Guy Negre on The Science Channel

[@SandmanBass]

they need to put this show back on

[@curtisblanco4029]

Where do I get this? I like it.

[@busguy100]

@KamaraSune so if the car will do 100 miles on a charge then why do they not film it and show it on youtube

[@n4120p]

The potencial energy contained in the fully presurized cylinder is enormous, I have seen personally the damage done by a tank of compress natural gas of about 15 gallons at 2500 psi that simply exploded and demolished the car beyond recognition and blowed up the filling station roof too, this was a hapening thing in southamerica until they finally banned keblar cylinders and returned to the heavy but reliable steel tanks just like an oxigen bottle which they test and certify every 5 years.

[@theangrygrunt1481]

air isn't flammable though

[@shaokem]

with all that pressure in those large tanks... what happens during an accident that causes the tank/s to rupture? body parts everywhere!!!

[@christianflores3437]

Medium pressure guy. In medium pressure range it won't "blow ups" jeez gas cars do blow up don't you know

[@bkainth]

FYI, Tata is also going to launch this same MDI car in india . with Tata's name.

[@livium2514]

In India everything it's possible because a fail it's just a fail and nothing else. In USA a fail it's a class action lawsuit... Big D

[@shaokem]

besides what do you use to fill up? and what does the fill station run off of? gas? electricity? either way the compressor would need a lot of power to compress 4,000 psi. this will not work, thanks again france but no thanks!

[@ModestConfidence]

With the rest of the cars polluting the air, id be surprised if the little thing could even breath in the densely populated suburbs.

[@mikehanoo33]

Free energy labeled 'economic terrorism' - The widespread adoption of these new, non-polluting energy and propulsion systems will effectively replace the use of oil, gas, coal, nuclear power, impacting 4.5 trillion dollars a year in world economic activity, replace? the current? geo-political order with one based on decentralized abundance. (Examiner; March 21, 2009

[@BigJo305]

Its good to go green... :)

[@un4g1v3n1]

If they don't develope a way to fill your tank off of a regular air compressor, then they are making a huge mistake. No stations needed. Fill your car up at home on your own compressor, or make one people can purchase for their home.

[@1971SuperLead]

Can I convert a 1962 Chevrolet Impala to air pressure?

[@SageTrimarco]

think of how long it took for the gas powered car to catch on

[@kcramanathmenon]

While I am found this theory during 1985,nobody's not know about this. In India every engineers and scientists were fear to promote this research....

[@MartinWillett]

@yamimakaiz Have you ever heard of capitalism? Or competition?

[@Andy-413]

You sound really smart. I mean it. I wish I had a brain like yours.

[@BigJo305]

O yea. Thats how much you know.

[@worthmor]

This is called progress, I like being able to hit a switch and have the lights come on. The USA is the greates in the world that is why everone wants to live here. I don't see poeple flocking to move to Africa or any other 3rd world contry.

[@skamanization]

LOL...

[@fizzguts]

It's had since 1991 how much longer do you think it needs. Air cars date back to the 1900's same question

[@LifesVoyager]

Google Wiki Motor Development International to learn more about this folly.

[@Tommy_Mac]

Nonsense. As the pressure drops in the tank, the power drops. France had compressed air trolleys. Fail.

[@worthmor]

My point was that there are other Countries working on good transportation such as electric cars, air cars and basic transportation vehicle that we in the USA will never see because thay are over regulated to the point it adds thousands on dollars to the cost. I should be able to by a basic cheap mode on trasportation. They will not let me drive a cheap car because it will not pass a crash test but I can ride a motorcycle at what ever speed I want. The cheap car is safer than a bike

[@dillonventola408]

They're never going to be here because there's no infrastructure here. No point in buying a car with new technology if you can't easily refule it.

[@shaokem]

ok... we'll see, then again we may never know.

[@3dscott]

thing i bet cant even go 20mpg

[@PaddleAsia]

Those 'idiotic' shapes are designed to maximize usable space. No, it doesn't look like a AC Cobra, but the important thing is what it's all about, not the pretentious cosmetics. "All good designs" have been invented already...LOL, I hope you weren't serious. Besides, beauty is very subjective.

[@Gruntol5]

Who are the poor muts financing this project? I've know about it for 10 years - still none sold and no performance figures released. Some people have been "taken for a ride" - and it wasn't in this vehicle.

[@burlfish76]

id hate to be involved in a crash of these mothers... or the bystander who catches the tank in their gut! XP

[@fizzguts]

7kw wind power unit, isn't trivial to build, isn't cheap (think $1000s for just the materials), apply for permits, erecting a 50 ft tower etc etc When you have done so you will discover unless you are way to hell and gone in the back blocks where running lines is super costly it is MUCH MUCH cheaper to get electricity from the mains. Sad but absolutely true. Just try to put 7kw wind mill up in town. You will get to play meet the berserk neighbours and local council

[@1971SuperLead]

I want an air powered lay down bicycle with a trailer! Screw the DOT! You could even enclose the bicycle in case of rain or snow. Leave the pedals on so I can get some kind of work out too. An air assisted bicycle! ...with a trailer for groceries. Put the air tanks in the trailer too! Make mine Sky Blue!!!!

[@darshan6699]

Gegeg

[@fizzguts]

@WannabeDetectiveAlex 5 mile range 6 hours to fill the tank using a 6kw compressor. Cost of electricity about $3 to go a theoretical 20 miles. It's a CON

[@fizzguts]

Oh no they are not. They will "when improved engine efficency gives the air car the range it needs" That will happen when the geese pooping gold bars are avalible in shops.

[@noelsoong777]

i would by it if it didn't look like crap.

[@fizzguts]

Sure it's so so so cheap to dam a stream, install the penstocks, install the pipelines. Having dug trenches for a home scale hydro system I suggest you haven't a clue what you are talking about. And of course they give away 7kw (that's how big it has to be) wind turbines and their towers for free. I guess that's why everyone has one in their back yard. Doh!

[@fizzguts]

Quote "actually it can reach 110km/h" If dropped from a very high building. No one not even MDI has achieved anything like their claims. Speed and range the actual results are 7.2km at about 30km/h It's a stinking con and has been since 1991

[@senhuan]

And where does the "pollution free" energy to cram the air in the tank in the first place come from, brainiacs?

[@mechantics]

While compressed air is an inherently inefficient means for energy conversion, it's ability to retain as potential energy the kinetic energy produced by wind turbines and solar panels, both of which operate at their peak when energy needs are lowest, offsets the loss in conversion...... theoretically (this is merely my understanding; anyone who might extrapolate with a more detailed explanation, either supporting or contradictory to the above theory would be appreciated)

[@fizzguts]

So you think spending $45,000 on a photovoltaic set up to run the compressor this con requires is "free"?. If so your free does not equal my free.

[@fizzguts]

As this POC uses 5 times more energy than an electric vehicle for the same distance, has a miserable range and performance, it's a poor advert for green any thing

[@fizzguts]

to many nagtive thoughts here ! air car is great invention ! isnt that tato nano indian car doing this already like 1000 dollars for the whole car ! Nope wrong price, it''s spelt Tata and they are not doing an air car

[@PaddleAsia]

Well, if you can back any of that up with facts I'd like to see them. Up until very recently the US was the biggest polluter on the planet. It's still in second place. Americans consume more resources than almost anyone else on the planet. Your last sentence shows your intellectual level, so you probably don't understand what I'm saying. :-)

[@fizzguts]

"It can go up to 110 km/hr" Nope It's a pathetic con for technical illiterates