Fw: Air Powered Car

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This is just 'AIR'????????????




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Subject: Fwd: Fw: Air Powered Car


> Subject: Air  Powered Car
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> An interesting concept- how about  using glue Vs welding?
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> This is a great example of thinking  outside the box!  If this "flys" the
> implications  are tremendous and from a consumer's  standpoint they are 
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> good!  I am now  wondering how our elected officials are going to tax 
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> (Invest in  compressor  manufacturers)
> Tata  Motors is ready to introduce the Air Car - Will it be  the next big
> thing?   Tata Motors is  taking giant strides and making history for 
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> First the Land Rover/Jaguar deal, then  the world's cheapest car, and now
> it is also set to  introduce the car that runs on compressed  air.
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> With  spiraling fuel prices it is about time we heard some  breakthrough!
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> India's largest automaker,  Tata Motors, is set to start producing the
> world's  first commercial air-powered  vehicle.
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> The Air Car, developed by  ex-Formula One engineer Guy Nigre for
> Luxembourg-based  MDI, uses compressed air, as opposed to the 
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> explosions of internal-combustion  models, to push its engine's pistons. 
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> zero-emissions Air Cars are scheduled to hit Indian  streets by August
> 2011.
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> The Air  Car, called the "MiniCAT" could cost around Rupees.  3,475,225
> ($8,177.00) in India and would have a range  of around 300 km between 
> refuels.
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> The cost of a refill would  be about Rupees. 85 ($2.00)
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> The MiniCAT which is a  simple, light urban car, with a tubular chassis
> that  is glued,  not welded, and  a body of fiberglass powered by a 
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> air  engine.  Microcontrollers are used in every  device in the car, so 
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> tiny radio transmitter sends  instructions to the lights, indicators, 
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> There are no keys - just an  access card which can be read by the car from
> your  pocket. According to the designers, it costs less than  50 rupees 
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> 100 Km (about a tenth that of a patrol  car).   Its mileage is about 
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> that of  the most advanced electric car (200 to 300 km or 10  hours of
> driving), a factor which makes a perfect  choice in cities where 80% of 
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> drive at less  than 60 Km.  The car has a top speed of 105  Kph.
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> Refilling the car will, once  the market develops, take place at adapted
> petrol  stations to administer compressed air.  In two or  three minutes, 
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> at a cost of approximately 100  rupees, the car will be ready to go 
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> 200-300  kilometers.
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> As a viable alternative, the  car carries a small compressor which can be
> connected  to the electric grid (220V or 380V) and refill the  tank in 3-4
> hours.  Due to the absence of  combustion and, consequently, of residues,
> changing  the oil (1 liter of vegetable oil) is necessary only  every 
> 50,000 Km).
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> The temperature of the clean  air expelled by the exhaust pipe is between
> 0-15  degrees below zero, which makes it suitable for use by  the internal
> air conditioning system with no need for  gases or loss of  power.
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