Air Powered Cars!!!
I know that my online blogging is to talk about Schreiner University and how oh so wonderful it is, but I absolutely have to talk about this new technology. I don’t know how plausible the idea really is, but this ultimately concept of “going green.”
So not to hold you in suspense any longer… I’m proud to introduce you to the idea of air-powered cars, which will be released in December of 2010!!! A company called Tata Motors invested 30 million dollars to get the cars on the road in India and Europe, and now they are coming to the United States. The cars’ fun off air that is compressed into an extremely strong tank, and then is slowly released, driving an engine that can propel the American version of the car up to 95 miles per hour and more than triples the vehicle’s range. Now I know what you are thinking… the tank can only hold so much air, so how are one extend the range and power to meet the high standards of America? Well, as many science majors hopefully know, air expands when it is heated. The company has developed a way for the car to heat the air thus receiving a range of over 800 miles. A company in America called Zero Pollution Motors has already set a price for $17,800. Now what is the catch?? Well the whole point of the air-powered car is to produce zero pollution, however you will have to fill up both a gasoline tank and an air tank to get the car to work. So I guess you could say that is pretty much defeats the purpose huh? But I guess if the car gets an effective 106 miles per gallon when traveling above 35 miles per hour WITHOUT using a single drop of gas, that’s pretty amazing!! Another problem is that is takes about an hour to fill the air tank, but you would think that the car would come with an at-home charger, since being parked at a gas station for an hour long fill up would be inacceptable! But weighting the advantages to the disadvantages, I think that this car at this point in time would be a great idea for an exchange in high gas prices for the American lifestyle
