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Monday, June 30, 2008
A Car That Runs on Air
When I first ran across this story, about a new vehicle design that uses compressed air to drive the cylinders, I was convinced it was a scam. But, it's been written up in Popular Mechanics, appeared in a Discovery Channel segment (shown above), and a currrent model made a personal appearance at the New York International Auto Show this year.
The potential here seem enormous and I plan to investigate and report more on this in future posts.
Here is a prototype illustration of the six-seater version being designed for the U.S. market.
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