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Taking a ride in the Air Car
A rear seat that faces backwards. Powered by compressed air. Name like the AirPOD and FlowAIR. A windshield that doubles as the door. There are a lot of hurdles that MDI's compressed air line of vehicles needs to jump before people will consider them "real" cars - or at least a solid alternative. At least one North American journalist was recently given the chance to see if riding in a prototype AirPOD is anything like a true car experience. The verdict: the vehicle is noisy, but maneuverable and takes some getting used to. Granted, MDI ... Read more →
Skepticism about MDI's AirCar FlowAir promises Xavier Navarro
One of France's most prestigious auto magazines, L'Auto Journal, has published a very skeptical and critical report about Guy Nègre's MDI compressed air car, whether we call it the AirCar or ...
MDI puts the first AirCar on the road Xavier Navarro
We heard that MDI, the creators of the AirCar - excuse us, the "Compressed Air Vehicle" - broke off all commercial relations with Miguel Celades, who had been carrying its commercial operations for a ...
AutoblogGreen Q&A: Miguel Celades, sales manager of MDI (they make the Air Car) Xavier Navarro
digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_deals/The_Air_Car_is_Real_and_Happening'; We've had already a few posts about MDI's Air Car, a vehicle which is powered by stored compressed air. Although we ...
The Air Car Can Blow You Away Art Vatsky
If you inflate a balloon and place it on a little toy car frame and then release it, it will race across the room until the balloon deflates. That is essentially the idea of engineer Guy Negre of MDI ...
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