The next generation in fuel-efficient cars
The company, MDI, a European company founded in 1991 by a French inventor and former race car engineer is set to come out with a car that can go 106 miles per gallon. Its set to hit the US market in 2010 at around 18,000. The engine works like that of a locomotive, expect compressing air not steam. Critics have this to say about the design, the frame of the car will be made light as possible with the frames being glued not welded creating safety concerns, also an air compressor that would be needed to create the pressure needed would require a lot of horse power raising questions on just how efficient the car will actually be. The car will be able to run strictly on air compression at speeds 35mph or less and anything above would be a combination of air and fuel supplied by the 8 gallon fuel tank. With gas prices at their current state without any relief in sight, it makes this new invention seem to have arrived at just the right time for the American people to be accepting to such an idea. This car will be a big change from the huge gas guzzling SUVs we love to drive. The official site of the "air car" http://www.theaircar.com/air-cars/the_air_car.html
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/08/08/air.car/index.html
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