Whats your view?
Personally I've never thought much of pure Battery powered Vehicles. Batteries are an old technology that hasn't really improved significantly in about 50 years.
The Electric/gas Hybrid was a little better, but still severly limited by the batteries, which require heavy electric moters and expensive, heavy and relatively short lifespan batteries.
I've always thought a gas hybrid flywheel power storage system was a better bet than the gas hybrid battery system.
I've only quickly glanced through the website, but if this vehicle engine is truely a dual use device able to operate with compressed air or regular liquid fuels it will have several big advantages of both battery and flywheel type vehicles. They have replaced the heavy batteries and electric moters with a single engine a high pressure air tank and a regular liquid fuel tank.
here is the website
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www.theaircar.com/
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Off the top of my head I do see a few possible problems, such as the chance that the compressed air tank's failure creates fuel air mixture on a large scale that should only be found in a piston.
NOTE:
I don't plan on any further replies to this thread. Put it here in case it started an argument.
Just thought this idea might interest the Engineers on the list.
whats your view?
Have any interesting websites with other alternate approaches for hybrid vehicles?
howard melton
God bless
Personally I've never thought much of pure Battery powered Vehicles. Batteries are an old technology that hasn't really improved significantly in about 50 years.
The Electric/gas Hybrid was a little better, but still severly limited by the batteries, which require heavy electric moters and expensive, heavy and relatively short lifespan batteries.
I've always thought a gas hybrid flywheel power storage system was a better bet than the gas hybrid battery system.
I've only quickly glanced through the website, but if this vehicle engine is truely a dual use device able to operate with compressed air or regular liquid fuels it will have several big advantages of both battery and flywheel type vehicles. They have replaced the heavy batteries and electric moters with a single engine a high pressure air tank and a regular liquid fuel tank.
here is the website
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www.theaircar.com/
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Off the top of my head I do see a few possible problems, such as the chance that the compressed air tank's failure creates fuel air mixture on a large scale that should only be found in a piston.
NOTE:
I don't plan on any further replies to this thread. Put it here in case it started an argument.
Just thought this idea might interest the Engineers on the list.
whats your view?
Have any interesting websites with other alternate approaches for hybrid vehicles?
howard melton
God bless