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Air Cars: A New Wind for America’s Roads?
by Jim Ostroff
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Courtesy of MDI
A new carmaker has a plan for cheap, environmentally friendly cars to be built all over the country
An air-powered car? It may be available sooner than you think at a price tag that will hardly be a budget buster. The vehicle may not run like a speed racer on back road highways, but developer Zero Pollution Motors is betting consumers will be willing to fork over $20,000 for a vehicle that can motor around all day on nothing but air and a splash of salad oil, alcohol or possibly a pint of gasoline.
The expertise needed to build a compressed air car, or CAV, is not rocket science, either. Years-old, off-the-shelf technology uses compressed air to drive old-fashioned car engine pistons instead of combusting gas or diesel fuel to create a burst of air to do the same thing. Indian carmaker Tata has no qualms about the technology. It has already bought the rights to make the car for the huge Indian market.
The air car can tool along at a top speed of 35 mph for some 60 miles or so on a tank of compressed air, a sufficient distance for 80% of consumers to commute to work and back and complete daily chores.
Courtesy of MDI
On highways, the CAV can cruise at interstate speeds for nearly 800 miles with a small motor that compresses outside air to keep the tank filled. The motor isn’t finicky about fuel. It will burn gasoline or diesel as well as biodiesel, ethanol or vegetable oil.
This car leaves the highest-mpg vehicles you can buy right now in the dust. Even if it used only regular gasoline, the air car would average 106 mpg, more than double today’s fuel sipping champ, the Toyota Prius. The air tank also can be refilled when it’s not in use by being plugged into a wall socket and recharged with electricity as the motor compresses air.
Automakers aren’t quite ready yet to gear up huge assembly line operations churning out air cars or set up glitzy dealer showrooms where you can ooh and aah over the color or style. But the vehicles will be built in factories that will make up to 8,000 vehicles a year, likely starting in 2011, and be sold directly to consumers.
There will be plants in nearly every state, based on the number of drivers in the state. California will have as many as 17 air car manufacturing plants, and there’ll be around 12 in Florida, eight in New York, four in Georgia, while two in Connecticut will serve that state and Rhode Island.
The technology goes back decades, but is coming together courtesy of two converging forces. First, new laws are likely to be enacted in a few years that will limit carbon dioxide emissions and force automakers to develop ultra-high mileage cars and those that emit minuscule amounts of or no gases linked with global warming. Plug-in electric hybrids will slash these emissions, but they’ll be pricey at around $40,000 each and require some changes in infrastructure — such as widespread recharge stations — to be practical. Fuel cells that burn hydrogen to produce only water vapor still face daunting technical challenges.
Second, the relatively high cost of gas has expedited the air car’s development. Yes, pump prices have plunged since July from record levels, but remain way higher than just a few years ago and continue to take a bite out of disposable income. Refiners will face carbon emission restraints, too, and steeply higher costs will be passed along at the pump.
Zero Pollution Motors doesn’t plan to produce the cars in the U.S. Instead, it plans to charge $15 million for the rights to the technology, a fully built turnkey auto assembly plant, tools, machinery, training and rights to use trademarks.
The CAV has a big hurdle: proving it can pass federal crash tests. Shiva Vencat, president and CEO of Zero Pollution Motors, says he’s not worried. “The requirements can be modeled [on a computer] before anything is built and adjusted to ensure that the cars will pass” the crash tests. Vencat also is a vice president of MDI Inc., a French company that developed the air car.
The inventor of this technology is Mr. Guy Negre, who is the founder and CEO of MDI SA, a company headquartered in Luxembourg with its R and D in Nice, France.
Do You Think This Is A Good Deal Or Scam Or Some Hidden Problem With Car?
Car info:
- Selling from very small local private dealer, so there is no information about the reputation of the seller.
- The car is a large SUV – v8 – gas 13/18 kind, ads priced at about 3000 below any other ads I found online, about 5000 below the average ads – even about 1000 below KBB trade-in price.
- The auto history report shows pretty good. It was first registered at TEXAS at 2005, state inspection at 2007, auto auction at 2008 a few month ago. Showed the car was used as lease that seems like someone returns the car to dealer after 3 years. (Now, I am in New York seeing this car.)
Concern 1 – Texas is famous for flooding.
Concern 2 – If there could be any hidden problem.
I am going to ask for an inspection from a mechanic I used for years.
Questions:
- Do you think it is safe to buy if the mechanic does not see any problem?
- Any suggests on how to identify if the car was but not reported.
- Any suggests on what to special inspection I should look?
Does A Automobile Lose It’s Value Even After A Small Paint Job?
we puchased a 2005 jaguar x-type vanden plas on ebay, dealer said it was fine, checked out fine on auto check but when we tried to switch insurance companies we were told the car had a $500 claim last year and also a $1,600 collision claim on it. when we brought it back to new york from florida my husband found where it had been repainted on the drivers side quarter panel. we know a jaguar repair can be quite expensive but i feel the dealer should have told us about it. we love the car but do you think we should ask for some money back. the dealer sells on e-bay and i know i can give him bad feedback. what does anyone think. could you please give me your educated opinion. thanks so much!!!!!!!!!! i forgot to mention that our original insurance never mentioned the collision claim when i added the jaguar to our policy. the reason we wanted to switch insurance companies is because we only had 5 days to get the car back to new york state for a picture inspection.
Sphere: Related ContentI Bought A Car. My Dmv Requested My Car’s Title. I Have Not Received A Ny Title Yet. Can You Help?
I’m 21/M/NY and this may be a dumb question. I bought a 2006 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor from a private dealer in Texas. It was delivered to me in October via an auto transport company. A few days before I actually took possession of the vehicle from the auto transport the company, the private Dealer that I purchased from sent me a UPS Next Day Air shipment containing the Texas Title. I registered the car at my local DMV and they needed to take the title. But they told me that Albany (NY capital) will send me a New York title. Shouldn’t I have received it by now? I don’t need it right now for any reason; I just remember being told I will eventually get one. If I wanted to sell the car, I would need it. But, to this date I have not received it. I did everything back in October.
Sphere: Related ContentConcept Car Going Into Production?
Hyundai has a new car coming out in 2008 that is supposed to be in the same league as the GS series Lexus and the G or M series Infiniti. A V-8, 6 speed auto, rear wheel drive luxury sports sedan.http://www.forbesautos.com/news/autoshow…
I know they had problems early on, but I’m wondering if those of you with NEWER Hyundai’s would share your experience?
I’m considering buying a Hyundai and I REALLY like this new concept sports sedan, the Hyundai Concept Genesis. It’s supposed to for around $30,000 . .
If you own a NEWER Hyundai (any model newer than say 2002 or 2003), my question for you is:
Would you buy another Hyundai?
Why? Is it the price?, the value for the money? the quality?Any problems NOT resolved by the dealer?
If you WOULDN’T buy another Hyundai:
why not? is it the dealer service? just a crappy car? What year is yours, and what model
Car Sales / Dealers?
I’m looking to buy a 1996 car from Upstate New York.. what are some popular places to look online for one? For example in Canada we have Auto Trader which is very well known and highly used. What are some places I can look online that would have a 1996 car?
Sphere: Related ContentWhy Do People Use A Fraudulent Company Like Car-fax When They Know That Their Info Is Flawed?
A class-action lawsuit against Carfax claims the company doesn’t have access to police accident data in 23 states — and therefore doesn’t live up to its promise of disclosing hidden problems in used vehicles.
Carfax claims its search service is “your best protection against buying a used car with costly, hidden problems.” But in their suit, Tennessee attorneys Frank Watson and David McLaughlin charge that Carfax’s ads promise more than it can deliver. Carfax fails to disclose the limitations of its database, they said.
McLaughlin and Watson charge that auto dealer Mid-South Motors purchased a 1995 BMW 525i from another wholesaler in 2002 after buying a CARFAX report that showed no ?salvage? brands and no police accident or damage disclosure records.
A subsequent check of a database maintained by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) revealed that the BMW had been declared a ?total loss? three separate times after accidents in New York, Florida and Georgia that were
Which Honda Fit Would You Buy–the 2008, Or Upcoming New Model For 2009?
I love the Honda Fit, but have read about the few criticisms of the current car. Now the 2nd generation model has debuted at the New York Auto Show and appears to have addressed earlier issues, and it looks terrific! The downside is having to wait until September to get one, and I’m wondering if they’ll be in short supply or have waiting lists for them. Should I wait it out, or take advantage of the current model which my local dealer has a large supply of? (I bemoan the current model not having a foot rest, armrest or lever for seat height.)
Sphere: Related ContentUsury Laws: Do They Not Apply To Subprime Auto Loans?
I am in the market (unfortunately) for a bad credit AUTO loan. My score is horrendous thanks to a messy divorce (400!) I am aware that this score will qualify me for the state MAX interest rate.
I was told that the interest rate here in NEW YORK will be 30-35%, but when I looked up New York’s usury laws, they said the state max is 16%. I’m confused, can local auto dealers charge me 30-35% interest for an auto loan or not??
Thanks a bunch
Can An Auto Dealer Keep A Trade In If The Loan Doesn’t Go Through For The New Car?
My brother went online to look for a car loan since he has bad credit. A car dealer in Mahwah New Jersey (we are in New York) responded and told him to “come on in” SO he went in, they took his trade with a quoted value of 2K. Then they gave him a 2006 Nissan Sentra and stated he had the loan for the car. They had a 10 day temporary registration on it and let that lapse stating they were still trying to register it? Until they finally got that and then the REPOSSES the car stating they couldn’t get the loan to go through << Mind you this was WITHOUT warning! ANd now they will not return his trade or compensate him for the quoted value on the trade Now they WON”T RETURN HIS CALLS! I am guessing a lawyer is in order??… but would LOVE to hear what everyopne has to say! 
