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Originally Posted by Zachstar
Ok now that I have done more research I can't say I am too impressed with the progress of this Compressed Air Car.
It seems the project has been off and on for a long time.
It seems the car has been delayed by almost a decade now. Will it beat Duke Nukem? And it seems the best we in the US can hope for is to get orders in by 2010.
It seems that there is about to be a legal battle by two companies.
I had to actually look around to find news. And the newest news item seems to be a clip of the car on MSNBC months ago.
Etc...
Now investing in this sure as hell beats drilling for more oil when you got a large car company supporting it. But I think I will remain a skeptic on it for now.
EEstor technology has better applications. Has the ability to be used in a greater abount of cars initially. Can replace the heavy battery packs on hybrids. Etc...
Also I think EEstor is going to be better for the environment overall. Because when people start converting there is going to be more pressure on Coal plants. And id rather "Sponge" up the electrons than do some conversion which likely has quite a bit in losses.
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I once again must point at German TV news yesterday. It is father and son, working on it since 14 years and having solid finacial support by inverstors, and the car now finished for serial productioin which is set to begin next year. 14 years for a new technology like this is not much. Also if they are ready for mass production already now, it means that nobody is as far with his homework like they are, or is too dumb to release it now. And the final price is a killer. Note the two videos I linked up are one year old.
However, I do not want to talk you into buying one.
And once again, it is no electrically driven car. Battery sizes are not an issue here.
the pressured air drives the pistons in the engine directly.
Also remember that this is just a first design, the model T of new ET-optimised cars. The future will bring even more improvements of it, more HP, and even greater range. I would say 800 km by use of onboard compressor already now is totally acceptable. There are gasoline-driven cars don'T reaching that far.