Comments on: Mdi Air-Powered Car Gets Priced and Dated: Air Not Included

By: Charlie

Charlie — Mon, 07 May 2012 01:16:59 +0000

MDI has never manufactured the cars, in spite of around 20 years (yes, 20 years) of announcing almost every year that proctor would start in 12-24 months.

As of May 2012 MDI plans to start production of the airpod ……… “next year”.

Does anybody want to bet on whether they actually go into production.

The problem is the relatively low energy density of compressed air makes it difficult to achieve a reasonable operating range. MDI for many years has shown prototype and claimed very long operating ranges. The only public test showed a range of less than 8km / 5 miles.

By: phil craft

phil craft — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:56:34 +0000

where can i buy one

By: Marco jones

Marco jones — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 20:57:20 +0000

These are the exact problems we are trying to address.

Marco jones

http://www.millenniumparty.org

By: Bella Rossi

Bella Rossi — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:37:55 +0000

I hope for the best:)

What i do know is there in NO reason we should still be using gas
i wish the scientists would stand up to the oil companies for the rest of us.

We are actually having a discussion about this…..

http://www.mforums.org/showthread.php?tid=101

By: Charlie

Charlie — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:17:57 +0000

It’s now late September 2010.

Still no air car.

MDI has no official schedule for starting production, but rumors are “early next year”.

But “early next year” or “late this year” is that status of production for each of the last 10 years.

By: JTeague

JTeague — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:57:36 +0000

It’s always all about in “time”, Tech will catch up and push this engine to a higher performance, :MDI are also working on a dual-power version, which will use the air engine together with a tiny “supercharger” which heats the air and thus boosts performance.

By: DBoone

DBoone — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:03:08 +0000

Before assuming how these work and trashing them without real knowledge, I suggest you read up on how this all operates. I read an article about two weeks back and it made sense that air is the only power needed because of how it works. I can not explain it, but I did understand it.
It on the same principle of solar energy not needed anything but sunlight to produce its own electricity. The Austrtalian outback has used that for years.

By: JTeague

JTeague — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:45:34 +0000

Do you all feel that Benz felt that way when he did his 1st combustion engine? New ideas are always hard to except.. With time this tech will become the norm and be transformed into racing engines.

By: John M

John M — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:45:34 +0000

5.4 horsepower is not enough power to move a real car. However, it is enough to run an electric generator. So why not use the air power to make electricity and give the car an electric motor? Then we can use this technology in Real cars and leave this little green pod to Barbie And Ken!

By: Mahadevan

Mahadevan — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:49:32 +0000

If the air powered cars consume so much electricity, then I think the new CNG Logan is much better option as a Green environment friendly. It consumes the least possible fuel and the running cost of the car is unusually low. I am a loyal Mahindra Renault Logan user so I can say it is really cost effective http://www.mahindrarenault.com

By: james

james — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:48:25 +0000

Oh, not this idea again.

The problem with air-powered vehicles is that they’re nowhere near as efficient as electric or petrol cars. With petrol, you ignite it and it explodes to drive the car – not terrible efficient, but pretty easy.

With an air-powered car, chances are you’re going (a) burn fossil fuel to generate electricity, (b) consume electricity to run the air compressor, and (c) convert the energy potential in the compressed air into motion. You lose an incredible amount of energy each time you convert, and the result is anything but green. We’d be better off driving ancient smoke-spewing Indian scooters.