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France-India Develop Ultimate Car that Runs on Air

by Barry Artiste | January 17, 2009 at 05:50 pm

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Barry Artiste Op/Ed

I don't see it as a tire burner down the 1/4 mile, but I see potential for city driving and for local couriers driving this in nice weather. Not winter, but someone was thinking, Kudo to Tata, France and India

By Pascal Boissé, Sympatico/MSN AutosHeadquartered in the south of France, near Nice, MDI has been promoting compressed-air engine technology for over a decade.

The small, innovative company employs about 50 people, and is managed by its founder, Guy Nègre. In 2007, against all odds, the company signed its first partnership agreement with a major car maker, Indian conglomerate Tata. This partnership will allow MDI to complete the development and optimization of its technology for the Indian market. Tata Motors is the company that acquired Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford early in 2008, and is the maker of the $2,500 car. In its homeland, this large industrial group is the number one commercial vehicle manufacturer and the number two for private vehicles. There are over four million licensed Tatas on the road today.

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at 20:07 on January 17th, 2009

It could work but it doesn/t look safe in a crash.

Barry Artiste

at 20:36 on January 17th, 2009

well you do have a point there,thanks for the comments and visit

Edmund Jenks

at 21:11 on January 17th, 2009

It looks more like a trailer than an automobile!

A perfect car for the members of Congress to be driving ... powered by air and all.

Barry Artiste

at 22:43 on January 17th, 2009

HA, thanks for the laffs Edmund

Blue Crush

at 01:22 on January 18th, 2009

Looks like the little taxis in Cuba.

Barry Artiste

at 07:03 on January 18th, 2009

or the mini mopes in Barbadoes

Fripouille

at 14:37 on January 19th, 2009

"Looks like the little taxis in Cuba".

I just thought that sentence was so sweet to read. You know, like "little fishes in the sea". That made me smile. Thanks Blue Crush for posting it. Kinda made my NowPublic inbox day....

Art_By_Alida

at 06:45 on January 18th, 2009

It's probably as safe, or safer than mopeds or motorcycles...

Paschen

at 07:01 on January 18th, 2009

See also previous coverage on Air Cars. We do have many post relating to this in the NP archives.

http://my.nowpublic.com/tech-biz/air-car-update

The Air car was first build in France in 2002.

SOLARLIFE

at 11:11 on January 20th, 2009

The Air car from the french riviera, I just made a new Interview with the founder and Formula 1 Engineer Guy Negre, needs 1 week. Great story Barry view also:

Crisis, final booster for regional produced clean city AIRPOD car, Miniflow air made in France by solarlife