I like to know more about this.....

[terriphill]

A friend sent this to me. It seems logical, but is it real?
Compressed air car.

 

[kennypinkerton]

Sure it's real. I used to have a toy car that I pumped up with a small handpump, It's relatively small and cheap plastic engine would run under load (rolling the car) for about a minute and a half.

 

[DeltaAir423]

I had to laugh about the end of the video where they mentioned about fitting a compressed air generator to run a compressor to fill the tanks, and the narrator made the comment about perpetual motion being possible. Did we negate friction in our world?

 

[DrEntropy]

Not as long as I'm around, Rob. :smirk:

 

[aeronca65t]

It will work, of course.

But making compressed air into a "fuel" is one of the <span style="text-decoration: underline">least</span> efficient ways to convert energy into a transportation mode.

Making electricity to run a compressor and then storing that compressed air in a tank in a car is far lass efficient than just storing the original electrical energy in a battery pack (for an electric car).
With these air-powered vehicles, the air compressor is sort of a "middle man" that wastes a good portion of the electricity generated.

 

[GregW]

The engine seemed way more complex than I would think it would need to be. Friction robbing.

 

[bugimike]

The gentleman in Oz seems to have a much more efficient engine design and actually has his design already in service!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq8aZVLpf-c

 

[Tinster]

There are several other better video clips of
this technology

This is ever so interesting. A new technology
automotive engine that runs on compressed air,
top speed 80 mph, $3 American to fill the air tanks
for 200 miles of driving.

I presently get 12 miles of driving for $3.00 of
gasoline in my Wrangler.

And we Americans laughed at Tata Motors of India.
Tata gets the last laugh- their boss ain't gonna
sell us any. In an urban, metro area- this car is
a winner.

Awesome new technology: If it costs $1.5 Euros to
fill the air tanks, I have to believe the air guy
is making a profit including the electric cost to
run his compressor.

We Americans need to alter out mindset concerning
petrolem and speed for our daily drivers.

Hey Tony!! Do you think we averaged 5 to 7 mph in
the San Juan Metro afternoon traffic?

d

 

[Dave Richards]

Dale, in case no one's mentioned it, I really like the new avatar (or, at least I just noticed it) It's a fitting tribute!

 

[RobT]

Rather than using an electric compressor to charge the system, why not "cut out the middle man":

https://www.mechanology.com/dispatchable-wind.html

An intresting technology that gets around many of the problems associated with regular wind turbines - i.e. weight of the generators, energy storage, transmission.

Rob.

 

[bugimike]

Pedestrians WATCH OUT!!!!! I can just picture all those props spinning down the highway! (I know...a windmill at home..stupid!!)

 

[Darwin]

I am interested. If it takes just 3 minutes to fill the tanks I compute a lot less tha $3 a fill. Seems like a perfect solution to urban polution, even if only used on a small scale it could go a long way to cleaning the air in the big cities.