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AirVehicles can also be powered purely by compressed air. These vehicles, called air cars, are currently mainly developed by Monteur Developpement International (MDI), a Luxembourgian company founded by French inventor Guy Nègre. They have a range of 200-300 km and can reach a maximum speed of 220 km/h.Table of Contents 1. Advantages over Gasoline-Powered Vehicles 2. How It Works |
 The Furgoneta, an air car developed by MDI |
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| 3. Pneumatic electrical hybrid vehicle (PHEV) 4. Drawbacks 5. Future Advantages over Gasoline-Powered Vehicles Air cars produce no air pollution as no combustion takes place. They actually reduces the harmful substances in air and cleans it, since the air must be filtered before compression. The cost of the fuel (compressed air) is about the tenth of the cost of gasoline. In addition, the air expelled at the exhaust pipe has a temperature of 0 to -15 °C and can be used for the air conditioning system in the summer. This can save some energy and reduce the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which cause ozone depletion. |
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