Motors Air Car Caught in Turbulence

This has been in development for years, but here's an update from Wired:

Worried about rising gas prices and automobile pollution? Relax. If a European company has its way, cars could soon be running on air.

By the end of this year, Moteur Developpment International, a 12-year-old company headquartered in Luxembourg, says it plans to distribute model fleets of so-called "air cars" in Spain and France.

As the name implies, this is no ordinary car. It runs entirely on a stream of air delivered to a two-stroke engine. No gasoline, no pollution and no costly expenditures at the pump.

Eventually, Guy Négre, the French inventor of an engine that runs on compressed air, hopes to establish an international network of local manufacturer-dealerships to sell "air cars" in urban areas.

But without a constant stream of investment to develop the technology, the car may go no further than the test parking lot in Carras, France.

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I just hope that this doesn't die a death. It'd be a shame to see such a promising technology disapear.

 

I remember reading about how a US government funded alternative fuel research lab in America, who where in the final stages of developing a water-powered affordable car. Apparently, once the government found out how close they were to achieving their goal (and realised what it would do to the fuel economy) they stopped the funding and took possession of all research.

But I can't remember the source so it might just be the usual anti-America bull****.

 

There's a lot of myths about that sort of thing. Someone invents car that runs on water, oil company buys the guy out and burns the plans. Never happened. Here's a great source of info on alternate power sources (alcohol, steam, etc.) http://www.mikebrownsolutions.com

 

http://www.americanantigravity.com/gravcap.html

That one is quite possibly true. I have never tested the plans presented there however.