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- nsanidy, on 02/23/2008, -5/+71Why is it if something is environmentally efficient it must also always be equally as ugly?
- taroguy, on 02/23/2008, -4/+43At 96mph, it's faster than our speed limits and plenty fast for me. Wonder if they'll make it a flex-fuel setup. At those numbers, tho, I wouldn't have to fill up but twice a year or three times.Sure would make $3-gallon gas easier to stomach.
- sockpuppets, on 02/23/2008, -1/+26I volunteer my wife as a source of infinite free energy.
- RealmDown, on 02/23/2008, -1/+25All I need is to get to 88mph. After that, I don't need roads.....
- johlorax, on 02/23/2008, -1/+22Reminds me of those toys from the '80s by Tomy...came with a little hand pump...had a wee little air tank and a pressure release switch...air piston made a cool 'chooka chooka chooka' sound as it spidered its way across the floor...good times.
- mntbikeracer1, on 02/23/2008, -0/+21Maybe you will hit 96mph but with 75hp it will take you a while.
- benvd, on 02/23/2008, -1/+20the funny thing is this Technology was developed over a decade ago.. I remember sitting in a Computer class and my teacher telling us about it... heres an artice from 2004 talking about it... http://www.engadget.com/2004/10/04/the-air-car/
it's sad it took so long to be put into production... the original patent was from the NINTIES!!!!
http://quasiturbine.promci.qc.ca/ETypePneumatic.ht ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_engine#Automotive - r55741, on 02/23/2008, -20/+380 to 60 in 15 minutes
- swordedge, on 02/23/2008, -3/+21I will believe this when I see it. And the 1000 mile range uses fuel that is NOT air. It's a hybrid.
- scoottie, on 02/23/2008, -4/+20and stopped by the oil companies in Dec 2009
- rynosauce, on 02/23/2008, -3/+19Sign me up!
- cmyk, on 02/23/2008, -0/+15It's not all about eliminating emissions, it's also about consolidating it. When the emission from vehicles are pure and environment-friendly, but you still need to create the fuel using non-friendly means, that's a huge improvement. Why? Because now you've consolidated the emissions to a few hundred (thousand) factories that can collect and/or control what they dump into the environment... rather than have millions of vehicles out on the road that can't.
- RealmDown, on 02/23/2008, -3/+17This is outstandingly cool stuff.
- dougdiggerton, on 02/23/2008, -3/+16I think this article is full of hot air..
- alittleroy101, on 02/23/2008, -1/+13I thought it was funny.
- zephyr42, on 02/23/2008, -0/+12... you didn't even have to read the article it's in the description. 96mph
- sullyj, on 02/23/2008, -1/+12Pfffffffffffft
- ZenPirate, on 02/23/2008, -0/+11 I've never heard of these guys, I'm about 3 miles from New Paltz, NY. Maybe I should see what I can dig up
- johlorax, on 02/23/2008, -0/+9Found it! The Tomy Stoomdorm - http://www.jeffbots.com/stoomdorm.html
- smallwang, on 02/23/2008, -1/+10Lol ZPM, i thought this was an article about SG-1 when i clicked
- chrisinsocalif, on 02/23/2008, -2/+11Thanks to taco bell, a fart powered car can be used an unlimited distance but they haven't invented those yet.
- Zanarkand, on 02/23/2008, -2/+11This technology, even though it is quite awesome, will never get more publicity than this digg front page...
- ar0ne, on 02/23/2008, -1/+10wonder how there gonna make money off this one, AIR TAX
- RealmDown, on 02/23/2008, -0/+8I think this thread just sprung a leak.
- thestaton, on 02/23/2008, -1/+9and some how the big 3 auto makers think we are happy with 30MPG??? I'll take 3 of these if it lives up to the hype.
- g8summit, on 02/23/2008, -0/+7I'm sorry, what digg page are you on, were all on the on the one about the air powered CAR. Why are you talking about dance music?
- inactive, on 02/23/2008, -3/+10these cars are powered by coal.
- xsidekick409, on 02/23/2008, -0/+7I don't understand why companies don't make normal looking alternate powered cars. For some reason they all have to look awful.
- Stonekeeper, on 02/23/2008, -1/+8It's already been done!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-A3XHFT5qc
(no rick roll) - qwertycopter, on 02/23/2008, -0/+7$17,800? WTF, where is our sub-10,000 air car?
- SilverBlade2k, on 02/23/2008, -0/+6Of course...The memory of most American's is about as effective as a siv without wires. OPEC wants to keep the oil-noose on our necks until fool-cells come out just so the oil tycoons don't have to give up their solid gold toothpicks.
- Ploosheeta, on 02/23/2008, -0/+6That car would go good with my air-powered brain.
- gritta, on 02/23/2008, -0/+6Here in the UK, it's $8 a gallon. Don't complain.
- inactive, on 02/23/2008, -3/+9I had one of those! I wonder if the guy who invented these had one...
- RealmDown, on 02/23/2008, -2/+8Every time something like this starts to look viable, OPEC raises production, gas prices go down, and the populus' short term memory loss kicks in like a V8 on rocket fuel.
- jpt62089, on 02/23/2008, -0/+6Haha I was hoping it was powered by a ZPM :P
Thing I don't get though, is why don't they figure out how to make them? I've watched all of SG1 and 1-3 of Atlantis and nothing about how the Ancients actually made the ZPMs. - inactive, on 02/23/2008, -0/+6Tesla?
- graphictruth, on 02/23/2008, -0/+5...have you, by any chance, ever read a short story called "The Marching Morons?"
- TheRealJMX, on 02/23/2008, -2/+7Could they maybe make these cars in a design that's--I dunno--not stupid looking?
- theWrkncacnter, on 02/23/2008, -0/+5it uses combustible fuel to heat up the air, increasing its volume. the engine still runs on air.
- Pilot85, on 02/23/2008, -1/+6Breathe Deep to rebel against the establishment.
- inactive, on 02/23/2008, -0/+5Depends on how much it weighs. I'll bet a compressed air engine weighs a lot less than an internal combustion engine.
- elmimmo, on 02/23/2008, -2/+7Air is cool, and I am totally for cleanliness but the name "Zero Pollution Motors" is misleading, and not thinking on a global scale of the process. Sure you are feeding it with air, but I guess you'll need a compressor for that right?
- RealmDown, on 02/23/2008, -0/+5It will probably have optional stick-ons.
- bowe, on 02/23/2008, -0/+5It takes energy to move matter. What's your point? Did you think you could make a car that ran on the air around it?
It takes energy to charge a battery too, It takes energy to extract oil from the ground, It takes energy to refine gasoline, It takes energy from the sun and the earth to produce oil to begin with. If you have a solution for transportation that doesn't require any energy, let me see it. - grantmoore3d, on 02/23/2008, -0/+5...and thus proving that every hummer owner is an idiot. "find"
- CannedMango, on 02/23/2008, -0/+496mph is faster than most will ever need (except for those with very tiny balls who want to talk about their 140mph escapades...)
- inactive, on 02/23/2008, -0/+4And when they crash, will they pop like a baloon ?!?!
- inactive, on 02/23/2008, -1/+5Wow.
- inactive, on 02/23/2008, -0/+4True, what DOSE it haft to?
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