Air Car by Guy Negre's compressed air technology (MiniCAT)

Guy Negre of MDI Air Car engine that runs on compressed air technology. Emissions are only filtered air that's cleaner than outside air. 300 bars of pressure in carbon-fibre & kevlar air tanks. Car can travel at 110 km/hr and has a 150 km driving range. Refilling can be done by plugging in at home or at a special high-pressure air station. Dual-energy models use small amounts of bio-fuels that can extend the range to over 1400 kms.

Pollution free vehicle that produces zero emissions. When the car stops at traffic lights, the engine stops so no energy is lost because there's no idling.

Go to http://www.catvolution.com for more information.

There are many more 2008 New York Auto Show videos with MDI's OneCAT at: http://ca.youtube.com/user/CATvolution

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[CATvolution]

The sound level is between a gas car and an electric car. It only sounds different from a gas car because the sound comes from air expansions, not little gas explosions.

Remember, if your electricity comes from green sources (solar, wind), this produces 0 pollution emissions. Even if charged with off-peak electricity, the emissions would be far less than the net emissions from burning gas (plus the refining costs, transportation, steel and oil used in a "real car").

[teemuruskeepaa]

Electric car is noiseless, right, except tires? Does between gas car and electric car mean louder than gasoline cars or do you mean by gas gasoline cars? So are you saying this is more silent than gasoline cars? I got the impression it was louder, given the BBC reporter who said it sounds like a motorboat.

[CATvolution]

Gas cars are loudest (even with the muffler), Air Car less noisy, with electric cars being very, very quiet, where you don't know if the car is "on" or not.

I forgot to mention that diesel engines make a huge racket too.

If they make a muffler system like gas cars, the Air Car won't be silent, but pretty darn close.

[creamyfilling102]

a man talking in a language i don't understand, being dubbed over by a man speaking another language i don't understand lol.

[1BustedMyth]

Fizz, apology accepted and appreciated, I understand your fustration. Yes Mr Moller is a wank. At the moment Searl's Igv/Seg has me feeling the same way-Investors are being frauded. :)

[fizzguts]

"The simplist is usually the best"

Absolutely!! but as Einstein said.

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.

Nice thought I try to keep in the front of my endeavours.

Apologies for climbing in to you so hard at the start, it's just this air car scam really pisses me as with a bit of digging it's obvious it sucks thermodynamically, ethically, historically but the promises & B.S. keep flowing.

The Moller of the ground transportation world. :-)

[1BustedMyth]

Fizz, I couldnlt find it either, Your sugestions are all worth exploring, that's what R&D is all about. I have had a lot to do with large scale solar pv and thermal and as you would know the biggest issue is always storage. R&D in this area has lead to many technologies that may or may not work out, some I have followed for well over a decade. The whole idea of R&D is to look at all possibilities with a scientific approach. The simplist is usually the best. 3955

[fizzguts]

And turbo diesel vehicles sized for the load, car pooling with biometric ID for safety, integration of road and rail (get the rigs on the rails) using GPS real time tracking, recumbent enclosed bikes with dedicated cycle ways. There's a bucket load more but I'm sticking with what I can cope with. Recumbent bicycle, developing solid fuel steam engine burning fast growing trash crop, solar hot water, double glazing, turbo diesel for transport

[fizzguts]

Jeepers I can't find it there is so much air car cack. The guts was there is no magic bullet, BUT stuff I like / have an involvement in include bio harvesting of CO to methanol from exhaust gas, variable torque wind turbines, vacuum solar tubes for hot water, algae engineered for oil production, cyclone steam (direct biofuel fuel to power conversion) lithium EV's (if the price of batteries and consistency improves 10 fold), deep hot rock for thermal power, water turbines in tidal flows, etc

[1BustedMyth]

Fizz, there are at least 36 video's, how about cut and pasting it here.

Thanks

[fizzguts]

Read my post in one of CatEvolutions other clips. I went through a number of current and near term technologies that are or look promising

[1BustedMyth]

Fizzforbrains, How about you enlighten us as to your opinions of what is a viable transport technology for the near and far future. 3930

[fizzguts]

Quote "where do you get off insulting people you don't even know you arrogant litle twerp!"

Bwahahaha! Snap! Nice one!