Magnetic Air Car - so how well does it stick to the road, dude?

The Red Ferret ^ | 10/20/08 | "Nigel"

[Reaganesque]

This Magnetic Air Car appears to be an absolute miracle of engineering. We’re talking a vehicle that will travel at 100 mph plus for ‘an unlimited driving range’ without needing to refuel. Oh yes folks, you read that right. The technology seems to involve something called an air-bearing turbocharger which uses a $70 battery to run a magnetic motor to compress, use and re-compress air in the onboard storage tanks. The secret sauce as they call it is their new Air Cycle Machine, which apparently stirs up air through convection. Confused? Yep, same here. See if this magazine article helps. Oh and the flyer text [PDF] may help too (under the right hand top photo).

 What we are building is similar to an electric car but with compressed air tanks instead of expensive rechargeable batteries that can only provide short driving distances. We believe our engineers have developed a solution for manufacturing air while the vehicle is in motion which may provide an unlimited driving range. We use only one specially designed battery the size of a regular car battery which has three times the charging capacity and a much longer life cycle. Instead of $3,000-$5,000 for lithium batteries, our battery costs less than $70. The battery does not contain acid, it will retain its first charge sitting on a shelf for up to three years…

[Reaganesque]

Interesting tech. We'll see if it pans out. There are a lot of people working on freeing the world from oil and it's purveyors. One of these up and coming technologies will eventually work so, I find articles like this encouraging. It will be a great day for the world when we can tell the mullahs and the sheiks what they can do with their oil.

Here's video of Glenn Beck interviewing an editor from Popular Mechanics on CNN about another firm that is developing a similar technology in France.

[Red Badger]

Rest In Peace, old friend, your work is finished.....

If you want ON or OFF the DIESEL ”KnOcK” LIST just FReepmail me.....

This is a fairly HIGH VOLUME ping list on some days.....

[drangundsturm]

If only those pesky laws of thermodynamics weren't there this would be possible.

We see these kinds of scams from time to time. They are trying to lure investors (AKA suckers) into investing in this. Nothing will ever be demostrated, because those evil car companies will use their unlimited power to stop it.

Seen it a million times.

[Reaganesque]

Thanks for sharing.

[FreedomPoster]

My standard answer to this sort of crap can be found here.

[FreedomPoster]

Concur, and see my previous.

[sarasota]

Isn’t there a mag air train in China that’s creating all sorts of health problems?

[norwaypinesavage]

"If only those pesky laws of thermodynamics weren't there this would be possible."

Vote Obama, and He will repeal the Laws of Thermodynamics. That, along with His "Spreading of the Wealth" will bring prosperity and free energy to all.

[Jeff Chandler]

[null and void]

...and ‘peace and safety’...

[Reaganesque]

Are you referring to the company in the US and their car or the company in France and theirs?

[null and void]

Not as good as the Delorean. It would run forever as long as there were white lines on the road...

[FastCoyote]

Well, first of all the prototype cars in the picture are obviously super high end gas guzzlers. Secondly, the description mentions turbo compressors, batteries, recycled air(?), magnetic motors(??), water filtering. In short, the kitchen sink.

Now, hydraulic and/or pneumatic cars have their merits, but methinks this article sounds like hooey.

[Reaganesque]

Joan Rivers had a good line about Delorean cars. She said their car horns don’t go “beep, beep” but “toot, toot.”

[Lee'sGhost]

I find this interesting in that it is new to me. Anyone with knowledge of such care to comment?

Parks: Our senior technical officer was introduced to frictionless bearings 34 years ago and dreamed of someday using the application for vehicles in the future. The frictionless, oil-less bearing have now evolved as air bearings, capable of obtaining revolutions as high as one million RPM.

[Red Badger]

Only if you eat it or feed you dog with it......

[Red Badger]

It would run forever as long as there were white lines on the road...

That's RACIST!!!...........;^)

[Lee'sGhost]

LOL! The BS meter went off the scale with this one.

Parks: We are providing a legitimate power source to run our compressor to power our Air Cycle Machine™ consisting of an air-flow amplifier and air bearing turbochargers in a unique way. We believe that the combination will be sufficient to power a modern new vehicle, or retrofit a used vehicle, such as a large SUV or truck. As an example, we have been approached to retrofit a few Hummers with our magnetic air engine. Others have suggested purchasing GM’s entire Hummer fleet.

[Lx]

OMG, I forgot about that. Didn’t it turn out that the Dale that gave the car its name turned out to be a guy in drag?
Too funny.
It was a 3 wheeled car if I remember.

[Old Professer]

“Eastwood: What type of computer intelligence are you planning for the new Magnetic Air Car?

Parks: We believe that microprocessors and digital signal processors may be used to add sophisticated computer intelligence for the magnetic motor and the Air Cycle Machine™. This may allow the magnetic motor and air cycle machine to capture energy that is normally lost and recycle that energy more efficiently. We may also integrate a UHF/VHF wireless network for two-way audio, video and data communications with human interface capabilities. We plan to file a patent for a new GPS system for authentication between sender and receiver. The Motor may be shut off and disabled through authentication for security. GPS also may be able to provide constant telemetry update of the motor while the car is in motion.”