As great as this appears to be, the energy to compress the air will come from where, exactly? If it comes from the electric utility, it mostly will come from burning additional coal.
Air powered = coal powered.
"As great as this appears to be, the energy to compress the air will come from where, exactly? If it comes from the electric utility, it mostly will come from burning additional coal."
Depending on location...but of coarse.
Electrical vehicles are more efficient than petro vehicles...though electrical car cost far too much money (due to the battery). The cost of this vehicle eliminates that cost. Combined with a hybrid engine...well, it just reduces fuel consumption.
Atleast that's the given assumption....based on what's said.
I'm not paranoid about global warming.
"Air powered = coal powered."
It doesn't take FReepers very long to get to the root of any Magic Energy Supply Solution ("MESS") scam such as this.
I had to scan the posts to see who would get to the root of the problem first.
("MESS" is a Trademark of the HighWheeler Corporation)
That's going to be one huge bang when the tank ruptures in an accident (fiberglass?) ... if you want to run off of expanding gas then you can always go back to the Stanley Steamer ,,, water expands 1600x when going to steam ... I just don't see how that amount of energy can be stored with just compression into the tanks at no more than 120 psi (remember they said you can "recharge" at a standard tire fill at a gas station) ..
coal is made in America.
Compressing air is not an efficient way to store energy but complaining that it is powered with home grown coal is rather silly in my opinion.
No that is not right. Nuclear power can produce the electricity cheaper and cleaner than coal.
Coal is not needed for this air powered engine.