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Air Car

I'm curious to know what the drawbacks are. Sure, it is skimpy looking, has a top speed of 68, and gets about 93 miles per fillup. For most everyday driving, though, none of that would be a problem, especially since you can hook up the car to an electrical outlet before going to bed and it be ready to go with a full tank when you get ready to go next day.

Wonder how much it would cost to build the service stations.
 
eloisel said:
I'm curious to know what the drawbacks are. Sure, it is skimpy looking, has a top speed of 68, and gets about 93 miles per fillup. For most everyday driving, though, none of that would be a problem, especially since you can hook up the car to an electrical outlet before going to bed and it be ready to go with a full tank when you get ready to go next day.

Wonder how much it would cost to build the service stations.
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Air compressers can cost big money, I shop I worked at had one that cost $29,000 but it would only do a large volume at 175 PSI.

A compresser that will push 4,300+ PSI day in and day out quicky would cost big time. I would guess a few million $ each.
 
Too bad it'll never make it past teh oil companies

internal combustion engines have only been obsolete for what, 6, 7 decades?

not that I'm cynical...
 
I think we'll see this car come into the country but it will take awhile because it will have to be redesigned to fit our safety standards. Then it will get crappy mileage because it will be heavier. Instead of taking 4 hours to recharge at home, it will take 8. The money will be in the service stations because we won't want to wait 8 hours to be able to use the car. We'll be paying small fortunes for air at the stations.
 
I mean, specifically, Americans. Other countries have cars already that we don't have. I don't know all the reasons why, no more than I know what all is available. A taxi driver from Afghanistan told me they have cars over there that switch between two different types of fuels with the flip of a switch on the dash. Hybrids are relatively new in this country while well established in others. I do know that it isn't always about oil, that sometimes it is about our safety standards. I also know that there have been government incentive programs to develop viable alternative energy to fuel everything from our factories to our cars. There are huge factories here in Texas now that are running purely off fuel cell technology. We also have alternative fuel stations going up. It will take time to develop technologies then build the infrastructure for them and make them economically feasible for everyone. It is all fine and good to say that we can have an auto that runs on compressed air but if we can't get the thing charged up in a reasonable time for a reasonable amount of money, then it is a useless piece of junk. If the car isn't affordable to the mass market, then there isn't any reason to build the infrastructure for it.

I know it is easy to just blame it alll on oil companies. Facts are the oil industry is probably the only industry that has the resources and finances to switch from oil to compressed air on a wide enough scale to make it viable. It would be good for them from a business standpoint because they already have the market and government incentives to make the change plus it would give them leverage with countries that have little to trade but oil.
 
Wait, so this IS like them plastic dime store rockets? How long do you need to pump it to get to work? :unsure:
 
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