Minicat Compressed Air Vehicle (Air Car) - with Cyril Negre

[ZAPI2003]

I want one in ARGENTINA PLEASE !!!! I would like to buy one.

[OldTimeyJunk]

Why havn't these caught on? Are they even selling them anymore?

[babaglee]

This is another example of Oil cartel suppression. I remember the initial cars were 6 seaters with a range of 1000km's and a top speed of 160km/hr. cost $18,000usa.

This is market manipulation. Release these now and cash in on the improvements they already have later. Us consumers are being manipulated and ripped off again as the earths atmosphere quickly dies and our children suffer from a polluted atmosphere smothered in oil.

[fizzguts]

@babaglee "I remember the initial cars " You are imagining things. No cars have ever been sold. The best test result released by MDI was 7.22km

[megabassX]

Yow can use solar panels (on the roof or a solar mini trailer) to heat the air, so get beter range

[fizzguts]

@megabassX And it would increase the range by a couple of hundred feed. Do the numbers and stop wasting electrons

[frozenhell98]

Nobody will ever buy this.

[SrMarceloAl]

Eu quero um desses...!!!!

[megabassX]

When can y buy the MimiCAT and for what cost in Romania, S-E Europe, plus what is the actual range of the car ? y want one as soon as posible.

[kfumike]

No engine is 100% efficient. Therefore, the amount of energy required to compress the air is more than the amount of energy available to move the car. So, the energy they used to power the motors to compress the air, they should have just applied directly to the wheels of the car - it would have been more efficient. Ultimately, it would use less energy to make it an electric car running off an electrical grid of some sort – taking out the “middleman” which is the air compressor.

[kfumike]

The sky must be a different color in the world these "inventors" live in. They don’t see the huge coal burning or nuclear powerplants at the front end, but they use the energy from them to power their “green” projects and think that, because the vehicle itself doesn’t give off emissions, that they’ve done something miraculous. They aren’t scientists or engineers. They’re mechanics who figured out how to hook an air hose up to a piston and inefficiently power a tiny useless "car".

[Topazman12]

You know that the oil industry will fight back. Just build the car already. Do not wait for government. I know, investments.

[joaquinbln]

Hihi, yippieh!! E-european or Frenchies all the same stupid monkeys. The air car is the epitome of stupidity. You need energy to compress the air, and much more you get out of the compressed air later, if u understand only a millimeter of thermodynamics. So please buy it, if you like. Apart from wasting your money you will be responsible for polluting the air much more than you would with a normal car. Oh, probably not, because not because nobody has seen the car faster than 5 km/h.,

[ollyvanzapp]

my husband and I are waiting like a year now for this car too come ou!! We have to clunkers ready to trade in and do not want a gasoline car ever again! Florida couple~~

[fizzguts]

There are some investors in South Africa Italy Mexico Australia Spain who have been waiting for up to ten years

Hint it's a CON

[kreator83adam]

Sell them in Eastern Europe PLZ!!! :)

By the way I have a question about petrol-bi-fuel version.

The engine is STIRLING engine?

I don't imagine diffrient engine which have more efficiency using oil.

[CATvolution]

No, I'm pretty sure it isn't a Sterling engine. the fuel is used to heat the air before it goes into the engine.

[shanghaikidx]

Yes, sell them in E-Europe because they are stupid enough to buy this crap!

[svaciny]

@kreator83adam Horse pulling Trabant or Dacia is nearly 0 emissions!

[CATvolution]

The Onecat (not road legal in North America) goes for $5k-$6k, the North American model (Citycat) 4-door 6-seater sedan will sell for $18k-$20k.

[iamkion132]

Thanks for the response. I've been following the air car and related technologies for awhile now and I'm glad to see them finally coming to market. Two more quick questions: Why isn't eh citycat not road legal (too small of engine?) and have the found a way to deal with colder weather for the engines running solely on air?  I live in a colder state and would like to have an Aircar but they don't perform that well in cold weather from what I've read.

[CATvolution]

it's the onecat that isn't road legal, but could be used as non-highway transporters, like golf carts (an extra market for them). the citycats will be road legal, as they will be designed to the safety regulations.

the heating chamber will remove any problems that cold climates may create.

man, i totally can't wait for them... i'll take mine now please! lol

[iamkion132]

Do know the cost of the vehicles? I've read somewhere in the neighborhood 5,000-8,000 USD for the most basic models to somewhere close to 30,000 for the 6 passenger.

[rich2468]

Can i just ask, do you know the CC of this engine? in england the higher the CC, generally the more you pay for insurance. i was just wondering if you knew its CC? please tell me anything else if you can about this :) thanks

[CATvolution]

wow... good question. I really have no idea, but it's not a gas engine so the rules might be completely different.

it should be lower than a comparable gas/diesel engine, but your gas/oil change savings will easily make up and insurance difference.

8-)

[rich2468]

hey i want to get somthing straight here...this car..how fast (in mph if you know)will it go on mono engergy (compressed air) without the other option ? it will be useless if it cant go more than 60mph on single energy...

[CATvolution]

it will go 95+ mph in either option, it's just at the higher speeds, the air-only model will have a shorter range (by how much i don't know). but if you're doing short trips via the highway, you can use the mono-energy model just fine.

[chillspikeHQ]

These are great interviews you did at MDI. Thanks for doing them. I don't know how much restrictions they placed on your questions but I would have liked to know if they had any plans for a dual hybrid electric / air vehicle and if that would increase the range enough to match or come close to the gas / air hybrid? It seems a a solar and/or electric / air hybrid would be a better idea. Although, gas may be more efficient for the highway, maybe electric or solar could provide enough to match it?

[CATvolution]

you're welcome dude... my credit card took a massive hit for the vids, so I'm very happy that the interviews went so well, Cyril was great and they were one-takes only 8-)

the restrictions on the NDA are huge, essentially if i talk about something before they go public, i get my ass sued into the ground (seriously, they are not joking about protecting their tech/information).

i thought of those things (solar, etc), but forgot them as I saw and had my mind blown by what they are working on.

[chillspikeHQ]

Not sure what silverghost is asking but they said:

"From French to English and English to Castilian?"

I guess they want the Castillian translation of the interviews.

[silverghost97]

De Frances a Ingles y de ¿Ingles a Castellano?

[CATvolution]

I only know english... can anyone help translate?