[Desi Masala] 'Tata-backed air-power car within a year'
Thursday, February 14, 2008
London: A car running on compressed air and backed by
the Tata Group will hit the Indian market within a
year, says the French engineer who is working on the
invention. Guy Negre's OneCAT will be a five-seater
with a glass fibre body, weigh just 350 kg and cost
just over 2,500 pounds (about Rs.200,000), the BBC
reported.
The project is backed for an undisclosed sum by Tata,
which says it may also use the technology for power
generation. The BBC quoted analysts as saying Tata's
backing makes the idea much more marketable and that
the Indian company will be putting finishing touches
to the engine.
Negre says he will start selling the car in India
within a year, the BBC said. It added, however, that
the French engineer has been promising a breakthrough
for a decade. "The first buyers (of the compressed air
car) will be people who care about the environment,
Negre says. "It also has to be economical."
The BBC said Tata is the only big firm Negre will
license to sell the car and sales are limited to
India. For the rest of the world he hopes to persuade
hundreds of investors to set up their own factories,
making the car from 80 percent locally sourced
materials in order to reduce emissions.
The car will be driven by compressed air stored in
carbon-fibre tanks that can be filled in just three
minutes. The tanks will be built into the chassis.
Alternatively, the car can be plugged into the mains
for four hours and an on-board compressor will do the
job.
"For long journeys the compressed air driving the
pistons can be boosted by a fuel burner which heats
the air so it expands and increases the pressure on
the pistons. The burner will use all kinds of liquid
fuel," the BBC report said.
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