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Rastro
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Username: Rastro
Post Number: 3005
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, May 4, 2006 - 11:32 am: | 
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http://www.theaircar.com/
MDI CAT´s compressed air technology cars.
MDI introduces compressed air vehicles to the market.
MDI has developed a high performance compressed air technology. When it is compared to traditional gasoline powered engines, MDI´s engine is far superior in terms of energy used and thermodynamics.
An overview of the air car
The technology that MDI vehicles use is not new, in fact it had been around for years. Compressed air technology allows for engines that are both non polluting and economical. After ten years of research and development, MDI is prepared to introduce its clean vehicles onto the market. Unlike electric or hydrogen powered vehicles, MDI vehicles are not expensive and do not have a limited driving range. MDI cars are affordable and have a performance rate that stands up to current standards. To sum it up, they are non-expensive cars that do not pollute and are easy to get around cities in.
Two technologies have been developed to meet different needs:
* Single energy compressed air engines
* Dual energy compressed air plus fuel engines
The single energy engines will be available in both Minicats and Citycats. These engines have been conceived for city use, where the maximum speed is 50 km/h and where MDI believes polluting will soon be prohibited. It is already possible see examples of this in some places, such as London, where you want to enter the city center with gasoline powered vehicles, you must pay a fee.
The duel energy engine, on the other hand, has been conceived as much for the city as the open road and will be available in all MDI vehicles. The engines will work exclusively with compressed air while it is running under 50 km/h in urban areas. But when the car is used outside urban areas at speeds over 50 km/h, the engines will switch to fuel mode. The engine will be able to use gasoline, gas oil, bio diesel, gas, liquidized gas, ecological fuel, alcohol, etc.
Both engines will be available with 2, 4 and 6 cylinders, When the air tanks are empty the driver will be able to switch to fuel mode, thanks to the car's on board computer. |
Shanabana
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Username: Shanabana
Post Number: 355
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, May 4, 2006 - 11:57 am: |
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Holy ••••, Batman, that's a coool car! |
Eats Shoots & Leaves
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Username: Mfpark
Post Number: 3308
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, May 4, 2006 - 12:50 pm: |
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What's next, the Air Guitar? |
Bajou
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Username: Bajou
Post Number: 173
Registered: 2-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, May 4, 2006 - 1:38 pm: |
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Hey MEM...this is a sign from god, the devil or Big Poppa... It looks like the golfcart we were discussion the other night (over some not so holly wine)..
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bottomline
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Username: Bottomline
Post Number: 428
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, May 4, 2006 - 2:34 pm: |
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Here is a little Q&A from the FAQs on their website:Q. Since it is necessary to produce electricity to recharge them, are your vehicles really clean?
A. Effectively, there is no technology that permits for completely pollution free vehicles. We feel that the creation of electricity and compressed air in rural areas is more ecologically friendly than the combustion of fossil fuels in urban areas. Therefore, our current objective is not to produce a completely pollution free car, but rather, to produce a car that emits the minimum amount of pollution possible. These cars impose the same environmental tradeoff as electric cars, namely that energy must be consumed, and pollution emitted, somewhere. Long distance transmission of electricity is one of least efficient means of transporting energy -- well over half is lost between the generating station and the final consumer. And then there is the issue of acid rain downstream from the power plant, in the “rural areas” that the manufacturer is willing to offer up as the source of electric power for their air car.
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Darren Say Grrrrrrrr
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Username: Darrensager
Post Number: 389
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, May 4, 2006 - 6:53 pm: |
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It will never make it to the United States.
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