Archive for category Air powered

Tata Motors to Launch Mini CAT Compressed Air Car in August

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Air powered on March 21, 2012

Although it will come in the standard offer without a radio, Tata Motors’ latest car, the Mini CAT, will be powered by air pressure and will come to the market in August this year, in India. I’ve been hearing about this car from time to time even since five years ago, when I started blogging [...]

Dean Benstead's Yamaha Motorbike Runs on Compressed Air, Competes With Battery-Powered Ones

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Air powered on December 21, 2011

Compressed air has been one of the fields “in vogue” a few years ago (namely, four or five), ever since the invention of the DiPietro motor and the dreams of a French company called MDI Cat. However, the DiPietro air motor is now owned by an Australian Company, EngineAir, who gave one unit to Dean [...]

Toyota's New Compressed Air-Powered Vehicle Reaches 80.3 MPH

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Air powered on September 27, 2011

Toyota Industries has successfully developed a compressed air-powered vehicle dubbed Ku:Rin that was able to reach a top speed of 129.2km/h (80.3 mph) during a test run earlier this month. Now the company wants to apply for a Guiness World record for the fastest car powered by a compressed-air engine. Toyota began to develop such [...]

Air-Powered Motorbike Coming From Indian Students

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Air powered on April 22, 2011

The high population of India makes for the pollution to be high as well. So, if there is any place on Earth where electric vehicles are needed, then it’s there. Aware of this situation, a handful of engineering students in Palwal City, Haryana state have conceived an oxygen-run motorbike, which they claim is a discovery in the field.

Air Hybrid Cars Could Be Cheaper Than Those Based on Electricity

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Air powered, Hybrid vehicles on March 8, 2011

According to Swedish researchers, storing energy as compressed air rather than in batteries would reduce the price of hybrid cars. Some hybrid and electric vehicles are already using brake energy to activate a generator that charges the batteries.

AirPod: Powered by Compressed Air, Greener than Electrics, Ready for Sale

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Air powered on December 29, 2010

Can you remember MDI Cat? They’re the company who designed an engine powered completely by compressed air a few years ago. It looks like they gathered funding from a Tata Motors venture and are now developing a new and more efficient vehicle: the AirPod.

Honda Air: The Compressed-Air Sportscar at LA Auto Show's Design Challenge

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Air powered on October 22, 2010

Honda, aside from making their cars good shapes, participates to design challenges like that from the LA Auto Show, presenting their compressed-air Honda Air.

Scientists to Build a New Motorcycle Engine powered by Compressed Air

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Air powered on June 23, 2010

According to the researchers, if this technology will be widely implemented, mostly in areas where motorcycles are a major source of public transportation, it could cut emissions substantially.

Utah-Based Company Digging Underground Compressed Air Batteries

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Air powered, Energy Storage on February 9, 2010

Underground caverns may have never been seen as energy containers, but a Utah-based private equity group promises to use them filled with compressed air to generate electricity the classic way – by spinning a turbine.

The Magnetic Air Car: a Step Towards Free Energy Devices?

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Air powered, Free Energy, Magnetic Power on September 30, 2008

San Jose’s West Coast Green conference from last week had a point of attraction: the world’s first fuel-less car, made by Magnetic Air Car. They even say it will be produced beginning with 2010.

Air Powered Motors: Small as Watermelons, More Efficient than Diesel

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Air powered, Video on July 16, 2008

If you watch The Green Optimistic you already know that we covered air cars in previous posts, both MDI CAT’s and the Angelo DiPietro air motor. The first time we wrote about these inventions was about 6 months ago. Now, MDI and Angelo DiPietro have contracts all over the world with auto makers to sell them the compressed air technology so automakers do what they do best: cars.

Tata Motors is Expected to Release an Air-Powered Nano

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Air powered on July 13, 2008

For those who don’t now, Nano is a car from the Indian company Tata Motors. This mini car would sell at $2500 and will have new green features that would please many eco-savvy people. As some latest news say, Tata will release an air-powered model, running a compressed air engine from MDI Enterprises.

Air Powered Motoscooter

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Air powered on April 15, 2008

The TV presenter Jem Stansfield modified this small moped to function on compressed air stored in two high pressure carbon fiber tanks, like the ones that the firefighters use. The engine has been replaced by two rotary air engines.

OneCAT – the car that runs on air!

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Air powered, Car industry, Hybrid vehicles on February 18, 2008

Remember an older article about a small company, called MDI, who had a plan in building a car that runs totally on air? Now they did it. OneCAT is a five-seat car, with a fiberglass body, weighting about 350kg and costing about… 4800$! And that’s cheaper than any car (maybe except the recent car from [...]

Solar Tower – Produce Energy Using Air Turbines

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Air powered, Solar Power on February 6, 2008

SolarMission owns the license to breakthrough Solar Tower large-scale renewable energy technology with the potential to challenge the energy industry as it is operates today. The technology is based on the concept developed by renowned German structural engineer Professor Jirg Schlaich, founder and principal of leading structural engineers, Schlaich Bergermann and Partners. Solar Towers operate [...]