Now TATA will offer AIR CARS,I MEAN...air as fuel :))

[freebird]

spotted this NEWS:

An engine which uses air as fuel
Tata Motors and technology inventor, MDI of France, sign agreement

MUMBAI, 5th of February 2007

Tata Motors, in keeping with its role as the leading company in India for automotive R&D, has signed an agreement, in yet another exciting engineering and development effort, with MDI of France for application in India of MDI’s path-breaking technology for engines powered by air.

The MDI Group is headed by Mr. Guy Negre, who founded the company in the 1990s in pursuit of his dream to pioneer an engine using just compressed air as fuel – which may be the ultimate environment-friendly engine yet. Besides, the engine is efficient, cost-effective, scalable, and capable of other applications like power generation.

The agreement between Tata Motors and MDI envisages Tata’s supporting further development and refinement of the technology, and its application and licensing for India.

Commenting on the agreement, Mr. Guy Negre has said, “MDI has for many years been engaged in developing environment-friendly engines. MDI is happy to conclude this agreement with Tata Motors and work together with this important and experienced industrial group to develop a new and cost-saving technology for various applications for the Indian market that meets with severe regulations for environmental protection. We are continuing the development with our own business concept of licensing car manufacturers in other parts of the world where the production is located close to the markets. We have also developed this new technology for other applications where cost competitiveness combined with respect for environmental questions has our priority.”

- About MDI
MDI is a small, family-controlled company located at Carros, near Nice (Southern France) where Mr. Guy Negre and Mr. Cyril Nègre, together with their technical team, have developed a new engine technology with the purpose of economising energy and respect severe ecological requirements – at competitive costs.

- About Tata Motors
Tata Motors is India's largest automobile company, with revenues of US$ 5.5 billion in 2005-06. With over 4 million Tata vehicles plying in India, it is the leader in commercial vehicles and the second largest in passenger vehicles. It is also the world's fifth largest medium and heavy truck manufacturer and the second largest heavy bus manufacturer. Tata cars, buses and trucks are being marketed in several countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and South East Asia and in Australia. Tata Motors and Fiat Auto have announced the formation of an industrial joint venture in India to manufacture passenger cars, engines and transmissions for the Indian and overseas markets. Tata Motors already distributes Fiat-branded cars in India. The company’s international footprint include Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicle Co. Ltd. in South Korea; Hispano Carrocera, a bus and coach manufacturer of Spain in which the company has a 21% stake; a joint venture with Marcopolo, the Brazil-based body-builder of buses and coaches; and a joint venture with Thonburi Automotive Assembly Plant Company of Thailand to manufacture and market pickup vehicles in Thailand. Tata Motors has research centres in India, the UK, and in its subsidiary and associate companies in South Korea and Spain.

source:
http://www.theaircar.com/tata_agreement.html

http://www.theaircar.com/models.html
what is AIR CAR?

MDI CAT´s compressed air technology cars.

MDI introduces compressed air vehicles to the market.


MDI has developed a high performance compressed air technology. When it is compared to traditional gasoline powered engines, MDI´s engine is far superior in terms of energy used and thermodynamics.

An overview of the air car
The technology that MDI vehicles use is not new, in fact it had been around for years. Compressed air technology allows for engines that are both non polluting and economical. After ten years of research and development, MDI is prepared to introduce its clean vehicles onto the market. Unlike electric or hydrogen powered vehicles, MDI vehicles are not expensive and do not have a limited driving range. MDI cars are affordable and have a performance rate that stands up to current standards. To sum it up, they are non-expensive cars that do not pollute and are easy to get around cities in.


Two technologies have been developed to meet different needs:

• Single energy compressed air engines
• Dual energy compressed air plus fuel engines

http://www.theaircar.com/thecar.html

so now can we expect cars running without worrying about petrol/diesel kharcha?

[dd_wingrider]

Nice info , btw y most of the cars look bumped from all sides, new designs or wat

[kumarmohit]

I hope it does not consume oxygen. We are already starting to miss it.

[Tech Geek]

There was a car of hundai also
It used oxygen and hydrogen

Nice to see such cars
Atleast pollution will get reduced

[Pathik]

nice car... but looks too cramped

[Kiran.dks]

Originally Posted by dd_wingrider

Nice info , btw y most of the cars look bumped from all sides, new designs or wat

It is styled like that to make it more spacious. However I think Tata motors will change the BIW design to suit Indian conditions. The styling shown in the pic is very expensive to manufacture. Hence they might revamp the design to make it affordable in India. Tata motors has been doing that and will continue to do so. One lakh Car, the dream of Mr.Ratan Tata is a indigineous design and very much affordable. Who thought that 1-Lakh Car is possible?

[Third Eye]

Thanks for the cool news..

[Stick]

Oh God,

Now we have to Buy Air for Car and when market flooded with such Vehicles we need to Order "Bhaiyaji please 1kg. Fresh Oxygen Bhejna".

In Japan there is Oxygen Bar as we have Beer Bar.

Hello Mr. Chidambaram, you got it.... New way to levy tax ..... on consumption of AIR.

[gxsaurav]

Originally Posted by Stick

Now we have to Buy Air for Car and when market flooded with such Vehicles we need to Order "Bhaiyaji please 1kg. Fresh Oxygen Bhejna".

[Ganeshkumar]

G8 News ... So Every1 can have car soon.. I think there should be atleast 3 or 4 layers of road for future traffic..

What is the time frame for these cars to come un India>?

[praka123]

then...when can I use AIR CAR here in India?i am pretty much looted off my pocket with the petrol charges..
btw thx for the news-the car looks uber cool..

[sabret00the]

Wow awesome info

[hailgautam]

New Technology will take ages to come.....

[hellraiser]

Thanx 4 info....

[premsharma]

Air cars ok but hydrogen ones very dangerous. Let TATAs first fulfil the promise of 1 lakh car. When they are about to release it , Maruti will make its 800 model available for Rs 80,000. Inside information but no auntication can be given

[nishant_nms]

will lve to have that car

[Tech.Masti]

thanks 4 the news.... but it takes a long time to come in to market..... TATA's are now concentrating on their Rs.1 lakh priced car..... and i think AIRCAR runs on Oxygen...... we are already loosing oxygen...... pollution with patrol may be reduced with that cars..... but it also reduce the percentage of oxygen in air.....

[praka123]

^^ just now i saw a scooter running on electricity...it is already in production..name?some "omni" thing.they says for 50kms kharcha=50paise...that's cool na...

[praka123]

Mr Anil Ananthakrishna, Chairman and CEO, Eko Vehicles Pvt Ltd, with the Eko-Cosmic electric two- wheeler in Bangalore on Friday. - G.R.N. Somashekar

Bangalore , Dec. 24
A TWO-WHEELER which runs on electricity was launched in Bangalore on Friday. It can seat two persons and costs Rs 25,000.
Eko-Cosmic, the battery-operated electric two-wheeler can run for 50 km on a single charge and costs Rs 3 for every new charge.

source:
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...2502030200.htm

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