Re: Amazing motor ?

Joel Ryan ( damoney@geocities.com )
Sun, 18 Apr 1999 13:57:55 -0700

yeah i read about that in Wired(May issue?) it said it will power three
types of cars... a taxi, truck and I think a van. The article said you
could fill up the compressed air tanks the same place people nowadays fill
up their tires. Does this mean no more free air at gas stations? One catch
though, the article said it runs on compressed aid _and_ heated air. I
don't know where the heated air comes from. Sounded really cool, though.
Now, if you could get solar panels to power an onboard air compressor...

ryb wrote:

> Just saw today(april 17th/99) on TV5-International French TV programs
> now broadcasted into North America,on the SWISS News Journal at 17:00
> Eastern Time an item about a Swiss inventor from the Swiss school of
> engineers(?) in Geneva that said Swiss had invented an AIR COMPRESSED
> motor-it weighted about 30 kgs..It simply runs on compessed air !
>
> It was shown at a Swiss trade show (?).An expert said that the idea was
> simple,surprising but that it worked,thus..The motor needs to be
> recharged via electricity,for 4 hrs and it is good for 200 miles and
> cost about 2 Swiss francs(?) per 100 miles !
>
> Ideal for the city,to curb pollution-but not for highway..So good in
> fact tht production was going to begin next year.Also that Mexico (city)
> was going to replace all the motors of its buses ,cabs with that engine
> in an effort to curb pollution..Estimates was than within 10 yr it would
> be generally available in the market..
>
> I did not get the name of the company that as promoting that motor..(to
> be made in Switzerland (?)..Nor did I get its website..They did show(on
> the nws) part of the promo video made by said company..
>
> Yours,ryb...
>
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