With a sticker price of less than $18,000, the U.S.-spec Air Car will use a 75-hp Dual-Energy compressed-air engine to hit 96 mph and travel up to 850 miles on about eight gallons of fuel - that's ...

Manufacturing vehicles that run on compressed air is clean, cheap and easy—or so the thinking goes, for a handful of niche manufacturers. Can compressed air save bad air quality and choked streets?

(CNN) -- A Korean company has created a car engine that runs on air. The engine, which powers a pneumatic-hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), works alongside an electric motor to create the power source.

To build his compressed-air engine, McLeish started with the 998-cc DOHC, four-valve, 90-degree V-twin Honda had used to power its 2000 to 2006 RC51 superbike. "I needed a big cylinder and I ...

Buried in a New York Times article on "Low-Carbon Chic" (vomit) comes confirmation the Tata Nano, the $2500 (or maybe a bit more) mini-car will offer a MDI compressed air engine as an option. Tata ...

Whether the engine uses just air or both air and fuel would depend on how fast the car is going. It would run purely on compressed air at speeds less than 35 mph, Vencat said.

The engine works by using compressed air instead of gasoline for fuel. It has a maximum speed of about 100km/h and a range of around 200-300 km per fuel charge, making it ideal for use within the ...

The compressed air hybrid achieved a fuel economy figure of 65 miles per gallon, compared with 52 miles per gallon for the conventional engine. It also emitted 85 grams per kilometer of carbon dioxide ...

Cars that run on compressed air sound like a fantastic idea on paper, but bringing this technology to the masses has proven, well, a difficult road to travel. There's some positive news on the air ...

Jul 25, 2015 18:00:00 I tried assembling an "air engine car" that can blast for 50 meters with compressed air energy. A cool and unique machine that is eco-friendly, such as storing energy by ...

Forget electricity, cars of the future could run on air. India-based Tata Motors claims that it has successfully demonstrated a compressed air engine and is now looking to develop a market-ready ...

AI Quick Summary. This article from 1971 discusses Mickey Thompson's Thermocharger, a system that uses compressed air to supercharge engines without mechanical pumps, pioneered in 1971.