Tata OneCAT
OneCAT is an upcoming compressed air car. India's Tata Motors is collaborating with Air engine developer Guy Nègre of MDI to produce the vehicle.
The vehicle will contain air tanks that can be filled in four hours by plugging the car into a standard electrical plug. MDI also plans to design a gas station compressor, which could fill the tanks in three minutes.[1] There are no gasoline costs (but electricity costs to run the air compressor to fill the tank) and while the car produces no fossil fuel emissions, the most electricity comes from power planst which do.
The OneCAT is projected to be a five seat vehicle with a 200 liter trunk. With full tanks it will run at Vorlage:Convert for Vorlage:Convert range in urban cycle.
It is projected to be priced in a range ($5,100 to $7,800 US) within reach of consumers in a developing economy.[2] The production of another CAT car for local markets might begin early 2009 in Spain and Australia.
See also
- MDI
- AirCar
- Tata Motors
- CATvolution.com - a fan website
- automobileguruexperts.blogspot.com - a technically detailed article
- The OneCAT at the 2008 NY Auto Show auf YouTube - from CATvolution.com
References
- ↑ Roger Harrabin: Five-seat concept car runs on air. (web) In: An engineer has promised that within a year he will start selling a car that runs on compressed air, producing no emissions at all in town. BBC News, 13. Februar 2008, abgerufen am 16. Februar 2008.
- ↑ Technology Review: The Air Car Preps for Market
