Company looks to bring air-powered cars to US

Breitbart.com ^ | May 25 01:20 PM US/Eastern | DAN STRUMPF

[EGPWS]

Move it on over buddy! ; )

[The_Sword_of_Groo]

I think first sentence in post #26 pretty much says it all. However, how much you wanna bet at least one of us will be stuck next to some a-hole driving one of these rolling speed bumps getting a heated lecture from some tree hugging moron who gets increasingly frustrated when we just aren’t “nuanced” enough to understand the benefits?

[Gorzaloon]

making cars whose energy source is pulled literally out of thin air.

Idiot.

[wastedyears]

Mine is quieter :p

[Straight Vermonter]

We have a winner!

Post of the day.

[EGPWS]

Mine is quieter :p

So you aren't an outspoken liberal yapper then?
~ snort

[EGPWS]

zero pollution??

and the electricity to compress that air??

Makes for a great promotion for home schooling doesn't it?

[calex59]

Ok, there has been a question I have wanted ask someone who knows, for years(more than I care to admit), being an electronics tech, of sorts, earned my living at it more or less for the last 15 years of my working life, I have always meant to study, but never got around to it, why diesel electric motors were used in Trains and not diesel motors. Does it take less fuel to run the generators for the electric motors than it does to run a straight diesel engine? If so, then why are not the hybrids being built today utilizing diesel engines instead of gas?

I know, it is probably simple but if anyone on here has the knowledge and feels like taking the time to answer I would appreciate it.

[calex59]

Haven’t seen one of those enduros for a while and it appears to have a mono shock swing arm..I use to race Susuki 250s in Enduro in Nothern CA back in the day..

[bert]

The car will not have enough power to exist in hilly San Feancisco, moonbat Mecca

This is but a grant magnet for some Rat Senator to placate some supporters with money

[MHGinTN]

Good idea! Let’s see, if we can containerize liquified hydrocarbons, squirk them into an expansion chamber and ignite them ... hey, I think you’ve got soemthing there! [I have two such vehicles in my driveway.]

[WellyP]

It costs money to compress air. I’ll bet these will be “chick magnets” around the beach communities and golf courses!

[calex59]

Laying down the sarcasm for a while, I have a question for the engineers out there. If you were going to run a vehicle on compressed gas, wouldn't it be more efficient to derive that pressure from a chemical reaction? Or would it be unfeasible to put enough chemicals on a vehicle to achieve enough pressure? Probably difficult to regulate i would assume. Any thoughts?

[bert]

The electric motors provide power to the wheel directly and don’t need lots of energy sapping transmissions and gears

The swame is true of very large earth moving machines and trucks

[Sylvester McMonkey McBean]

same guy different suit?

[calex59]

Lot of gas in Washington. Compressed too.

Hook Joe Biden or Bozo up to one of these and you could probably run forever. The only draw back with using Bozo would be you would need some teleprompters hooked up so he could see them.

[WellyP]

It works well and does away with the hydraulics and all the plumbing.

[EGPWS]

Haven’t seen one of those enduros for a while and it appears to have a mono shock swing arm..I use to race Susuki 250s in Enduro in Nothern CA back in the day..

I have one in my garage, it's an '82 that I bought new and totes "ALMOST" 5000 miles on it.

It's my baby, however I spend more time focused on work and family than on riding.

Got her fired up last month and so far put 5 miles on her this year. I eked 45 miles out of her last summer though...

[calex59]

Yes, I know about LeTourneaus for instance. I was just wondering. Yes, you have the instant torque of the electric motor. So a diesel in a hybrid would make sense but no one is running one, and they aren’t running them the way a diesel electric runs either, they are using the little gas engine for motive power and electricity generation both. Sounds kinda inefficient to me.

[calex59]

I used to ride mine all the time, winter or summer, but of course I live in Northern CA and only have to contend with snow when I venture above about 1200 feet in the winter. I loved riding those dirt bikes. That one looks in great shape.