Air powered Car [merged threads]

**safeorigin** · July 25th, 2008 03:46 PM

^who knows what range it has. mr. 1.4km might make miracles

**mazdamazda** · July 25th, 2008 03:49 PM

OLD OLD OLD news...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2281011.stm

**JJCarEnthusiast** · July 25th, 2008 10:22 PM

:bwahaha: lols

**ddcspot** · July 26th, 2008 07:20 AM

Usapang alternative fuel. But in this case, alternative car ang nangyari. Well it's nice to have na marami ng option sa kotse. May mga mumog gasolina at meron din halos katulad ng motosiklo lang.

My suggest, you dont really need to sacrifice so much in choosing car u don't really like. Check this out, something that will save us from a very high fuel expense at the same time environment friendly pa. PLUS 50! 50% more fuel mileage and no conversion needed.

**blacksun25** · July 26th, 2008 10:07 AM

galing naman nitong air car na to. check out this youtube video:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmqpGZv0YT4"]YouTube - The Air Car[/ame]

*ddcspot - i am a bit skeptical about this "Plus 50" fuel saver. the link you gave just provided some vague information about the product.

**jpdm** · July 26th, 2008 05:03 PM

This is definitely new especially for many people...

I hope this technology will prosper...

**empy** · July 28th, 2008 03:11 AM

"Drivers also will be able to plug into the electrical grid and use the car’s built-in compressor to refill the tanks in about four hours"

this is the biggest downside so far. no one will want to wait 4 hours to "fuel" a car that will run 100+ miles or so. but couldn't they make a compressor that won't take as long?

**ghosthunter** · July 28th, 2008 08:21 AM

Originally Posted by empy

"Drivers also will be able to plug into the electrical grid and use the car’s built-in compressor to refill the tanks in about four hours"

this is the biggest downside so far. no one will want to wait 4 hours to "fuel" a car that will run 100+ miles or so. but couldn't they make a compressor that won't take as long?

4 hours is fine for an on-board compress capable of producing thousands of PSI in pressure. It's a "recharge" at the office thing. Anyway, the main market of the air-car would be the daily commute crowd and not people going for a long drive in the province.

**kinyo** · July 29th, 2008 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by empy

"Drivers also will be able to plug into the electrical grid and use the car’s built-in compressor to refill the tanks in about four hours"

this is the biggest downside so far. no one will want to wait 4 hours to "fuel" a car that will run 100+ miles or so. but couldn't they make a compressor that won't take as long?

yes, of course, you can have higher powered compressor, but it would be big and heavy and it would require a dedicated power outlet to handle the power

the 4-hour compressor is probably the practical rating that can be built-in into the car and can be plugged on a typical household outlet

**tediber** · July 31st, 2008 08:12 PM

infrastructure na naman problem nyan ... you'll have to build huge powerfull compressors for stations and the problem is a lot of people aren't smart enough to invest for the future