That cheap Indian Car Company has a really good idea

[gram]

http://trak.in/tags/business/2008/07...ss+Blog+%21%29


They have come out with a car that runs on compressed air, also uses it's exhaust as air conditioning. Sounds too good to be true.

[tom_9109]

Probably has about 6.4HP.

[gram]

It says it will go 105 km/hr I think it probably makes decent power?

It sounds like an amazing idea to me. This could obviously be improved and made to be more efficient in the future as well.

[Neil4Speed]

Really cool progression but they would probably get the electricity to compress the air from dirty coal burning plants.

"As a viable alternative, the car carries a small compressor which can be connected to the mains (220V or 380V) and refill the tank in 3-4 hours."

[badatusrnames]

Still needs energy to run... compressed air doesn't come from nowhere.

Just like the Tesla Roadster, owning one in Alberta means you've got a coal powered car!

[bspot]

Originally posted by badatusrnames

Just like the Tesla Roadster, owning one in Alberta means you've got a coal powered car!

Which is way more fucking efficient than any gasoline/diesel car, PLUS you get to decide where the emissions are released.

Fuck, the anti-electric car lobby really sold a lot of people on this bogus point.

[gram]

It's the beginning. If we have a reliable car that doesn't run on gas then we can shift people's views of using coal etc. This is a stepping stone but if mankind could actually adapt to using something like this technology then they could also use wind power to produce electricity etc.....It just sounds like an amazing idea and would be much cheaper than an electric car to produce. If you can make the car cheap enough and reliable enough tonnes of people would buy them. Electric cars are another great idea but at 100k plus, not so much.

This solution could be made for the price of a Civic, seems ideal.

[Unknown303]

Originally posted by bspot


Which is way more fucking efficient than any gasoline/diesel car, PLUS you get to decide where the emissions are released.

Fuck, the anti-electric car lobby really sold a lot of people on this bogus point.

If we could only get a nuke plant going then we'd have super efficient electric cars charging on nice clean nuke power.

[flipstah]

Originally posted by Unknown303


If we could only get a nuke plant going then we'd have super efficient electric cars charging on nice clean nuke power.

Don't think people will go for nuclear because when someone says 'nuclear', they think 'Chernobyl.'

Also, you can charge your Tesla's via solar (only works when there's a lot of sun; Goodbye Nunavut sales!), wind-powered generator (killing birds and bats), or a waterfall-powered (tear trees down and shit), or geothermal (need to find really hot energy sources.)

[garnet]

i heard somewhere recharging the tesla by the wind or solar charger provided, even steady charge, would take 24-36 hours?

"hey honey, lets go for an impromptu drive in our tesla, how's thursday next week sound?"

Originally posted by flipstah


Don't think people will go for nuclear because when someone says 'nuclear', they think 'Chernobyl.'

Also, you can charge your Tesla's via solar (only works when there's a lot of sun; Goodbye Nunavut sales!), wind-powered generator (killing birds and bats), or a waterfall-powered (tear trees down and shit), or geothermal (need to find really hot energy sources.)

[cycosis]

Anyone know or have a diagram of how the motor or propulsion system works with compressed air... I`m confused

[gram]

It's the same design as a gas engine. Replace the spark and gas with compressed air. Compressed air in piston down, air out as exhaust.

[old&slow]

Been on the go for a while!
http://www.gizmag.com/go/7000/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressed_air_car

[flipstah]

Originally posted by old&slow
Been on the go for a while!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressed_air_car

The overall efficiency of a compressed air vehicle, using the above refueling figures, cannot exceed 14%, even with a 100% efficient engine—and practical engines are closer to 10-20% (Ref: see http://www.druckluft-effizient.de/do...rmodynamik.pdf and http://cair.wikia.com/wiki/Compresse...energy_storage). For comparison, well to wheel efficiency using a modern internal-combustion drivetrain is about 20%[5], so if powered by fossil fuels, a compressed air car would have a larger carbon footprint.

[bituerbo]

article is from 2yrs ago.
This concept was blown out of proportion.

[RMS]

Did you know they own Land Rover? I drive one

[Mamma_Mia]

Sounds cool!