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Air Powered Car

16 replies · 3,651 views · Started 27 February 2008

Modus Ponens 27 Feb 2008, 01:47

I thought it could do 96 mph. Where in the article does it say that it can't do over 40? Or am I falsely inferring that you read that about this car?

Anyway, it sounds pretty neat, and it's something I think I can get excited about. My friend Dan is going to buy a Mazda RX-8, which has a rotary engine, which can take alternative fuels without modification, and equip it to run on hydrogen, thus creating a zero-emission car, but this idea of running on air is pretty awesome, though it does say that it requires some fuel. Perhaps it could use a non-carbon-based fuel source?

Blisspath 27 Feb 2008, 01:52

aww..I see..I read it wrong, it has a supplemental source that kicks in above 35 mph..it can do 96...man I may get me one of those next year. It would pay for itself in a couple of years considering I drive up to 1,000 miles a week.

The_Amaster 27 Feb 2008, 02:00

SWEET!
I mean, biofuels are nice and all, but this, this is what we need! I mean, how much of your driving hits over 35 that much anyway. On the highway a lot, but depending on where you live, residential and downtown driving rarely tops 30.

phattonez 27 Feb 2008, 02:09

Amaster42 wrote:SWEET!
I mean, biofuels are nice and all, but this, this is what we need! I mean, how much of your driving hits over 35 that much anyway. On the highway a lot, but depending on where you live, residential and downtown driving rarely tops 30.

I beg to differ. 😊

Hydrogen has a lot of work before it can be implemented. The best that we have now is electric cars, but there are a variety of reasons why that's not happening (none of them very good).

Beldaran 27 Feb 2008, 03:31

It's no different than an electric car with regards to energy usage. It's not "Zero Pollution". It uses electricity (at some point) to compress air. There is no free energy.

Icey 27 Feb 2008, 06:23

What Beldaran said. Zero pollution is desirable in a theoretical sense; less pollution in a practical sense. Zero pollution is only possible with zero production, and I don't think we want that =) The real world always involves SOME externalities.