Quoted: New York-based Zero Pollution Motors is licensing compressed air technology for the first time to build and sell a car in the United States that the company claims will achieve 106 mpg.

Economie. Des investisseurs toulousains veulent créer une usine de fabrication de la MDI « OneCats », la première voiture qui roule à l'air comprimé.

The Air Car was developed by a French engineer, Guy Negre, for a family owned company, MDI, in Carros in Southern France.

It runs on compressed air. According to Popular Mechanics in its June 2007 issue, “Barring any last minute design changes on the way to production, the Air Car should be surprisingly practical. The $12,700 CityCAT, one of a handful of planned Air Car models, can hit 68 mph and has a range of 125 miles. It will take only a few minutes for the CityCAT to refuel at gas stations equipped with custom air compressor units. MDI says it should cost around $2 to fill the car’s carbon-fiber tanks with 340 liters of air at 4350 psi. Drivers also will be able to plug into the electrical grid and use the car’s built-in compressor to refill the tanks in about four hours.”

Quoted: “NBC’s Today Show Features Air Vehicle

Our compressed air vehicle grabbed some prime time exposure this week on NBC’s Thursday, March 20, Today Show. Today Show’s Meredith Vieira and Phil LeBeau introduced the economy/utility vehicle that ZPM and MDI unveiled at the New York Auto Show and are entering into the Automotive X PRIZE’s Alternative Class competition. We are also entering the larger family-size vehicle we are manufacturing for the U.S. market in the Mainstream Class competition.

Quoted: Compressed-Air Powered cars could take you over 800 miles on a single fill-up, at speeds of up to 96 mph. They should refuel in less than 3 minutes, and at speeds over 35 mph emit about half the CO2 of a Toyota Prius. Best part? You could see them in the US at the end of next year.

How would you like a car, or truck, that ran on air? For real. No more gasoline. No more air pollution.

Quoted:The compressed air vehicle is a new generation of vehicle that finally solves the motorist’s dilemma: how to drive and not pollute at a cost that is affordable!

Quoted: A car based on the concept is scheduled to see a production run of up to 6,000 units starting early next year in India. Known as the Air Car (concept pictured), the small runabout was developed with cooperation from ex-Formula One engineer Guy Nègre and a French company known as MDI, and is capable of travelling up to 108km/h with a range of 200km.