autobloggreen.com — Tata motors, the Indian company which is bringing us the air car in partnership with the French MDI, spent three years conducting all sorts of tests on it before signing an agreement. The sales manager of MDI recounts how they ran out of money in 2003 until it was saved by the 5.5 billion Tata group who first came to check if the car real!
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dizasterJun 11, 2007
i still want my hover board from the Back to the Future movies!
bunnybashJun 11, 2007
air tanks are made of carbon fibre which just splits... so that is a negative on the high speed shrapnel
roystgnrJun 11, 2007
They're the name to trust for motorboating.
agistenJun 11, 2007
Ok, they got the car working from compressed air, but the real question is how much energy its takes to compress the air first place?? Its still burns coal and oil back at power station...
himselfJun 18, 2007
only 22 kiloWatt hours of not-carbon-neutral electricity to refill the air tanksmaybe it has a magic filter than only accepts earth friendly generated electricity?
himselfJun 18, 2007
"Biodiesel is biodegradable and non-toxic..."... prior to processing and burninganalogously crude oil is 'carbon neutral' sitting in a barrel
molochiJun 28, 2007
I'm not reading another FA about the aircar. Last I heard, however, it was only supposed to have a range of about 40 miles. I think a gokart can do that on a half gallon of gas. As an asian light taxi (think rickshaw with a motorbike frontend,) in a heavily urbanized area where you might only be going a few miles, you could do a trip of two then go back to refill at the dispatcher. It ain't no Steamboy tho'.
hulezSep 16, 2007
When I saw "air car" I thought of cars that float like hovercrafts instead of wheels. I however am dissapointed and WILL NOT buy one. YOU CANT MAKE ME f**kING BUY ONE BUTTf**kERS. SCREW THE ENVIRONMENT I WANNA DRIVE BACK TO THE FUTURE STYLE
alexxkayJun 8, 2008
The inventor purposely only sold it to Tata Motors because they were so aggressive in finding and using environmentally friendly fuels. He wouldn't even consider selling to american auto manufacturer. <a class="user" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7243247.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7243247.stm</a>