Compressed Air Cars in America

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Compressed Air Cars in America
By Chip Bell
courtesy of Ev World
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Questions you may be asking
- What is an Compressed Air Car? - What do
you need to know about them - What are some of
the physical specifications of these
vehicles? - Why should I care?
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What is a Compressed Air Car?

• A Compressed Air Car is an automobile that runs
  completely or partially on compressed air
• -This is the same technology that pumps tires,
  cools refrigerators, and even controls amusement
  park rides

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What you need to know about these vehicles
- Some of these cars run completely on compressed
air, some are gasoline hybrids - They have
already been manufactured in other countries,
such as India and France - They are much safer
and cheaper than many other alternative fuels,
such as hydrogen - They help to remove pollution
away from cities and nearer to power plants,
where it can be managed better and more
cheaply - Air cars actually filter the air
coming in to the motor, so they actually purify
the surrounding air
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Cool Specs about the cars
- These cars plan to retail for lower than
20,000 dollars (compare to price of another
popular hybrid)? - The hybrid models will have a
range of up to 1000 miles on a tank (compare to
price another popular hybrid)? - The cars will
be 4-door and 6-seaters, much like most modern
family cars -The motors will have roughly 75 hp
(compare to hp of another hybrid) -Cars will be
able to travel up to 35 mph without help from
gasoline, and with higher speeds will use very
little petroleum. Top speed is estimated to be 90
mph -Air stored at a pressure around 30 MPa
(which is around 4500 psi, roughly 129 times the
pressure a car tire!)?
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Why should you care? (They're coming to
America!)?
- The MDI Air Car is set to release in 2010. Some
resources stated even in the summer of this
year! - This design will be just entering the
market when present college students will be
possibly buying a car upon graduation - The
infrastructure for compressed air cars is already
here air compressors, the gas pumps for these
cars, are readily found across America. This
means that the switch to this technology will be
much more easily done than hydrogen - The cars
are predicted to be very affordable, and very
fuel efficient. If all of the U.S. were to switch
to compressed air cars upon their arrival, it
would lower petroleum use of the country by 25.
This means that the consumer would benefit,
without completely destroying the petroleum market
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A Brief Summary
- Compressed air cars are vehicles that run
completely, or partially on compressed air. -
These vehicles will soon be available in the
United States - Because they are affordable and
efficient, they could significantly affect the
American automobile market, if not revolutionize
it.
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Bibliography

• - (2007). Compressed Air Cars. In Wikipedia
  Web. Retrieved March 16, 2008, from
  http//en.wikipedia.org/Air_cars
• Used for general specifications about the
  vehicles
• Air cars vs big oil. Air Car Mag, Retrieved March
  18, 2008, from http//www.aircarmag.com/lead-story
  /air-cars-vs-big-oil.html
• Used to find the vehicles impact on the oil
  market
• Zero Pollution compressed air car set for u.s.
  launch in 2010. GizMag, Retrieved March 18, 2008,
  from http//www.gizmag.com/compressed-air-car-set-
  for-us-launch-in-2010/8896/
• Used to retrieve release dates for the vehicle,
  specifications, and
• important consumer information