The AIRPod vehicleGasoline, ruling the automobile scene all these years is already in the unfavourable list for many reasons: depleting fast, causes global warming through its unholy emissions, cumbersome to handle from the source to the end user etc.
And a search is on for the fuel of the future. Zero Pollution Motors (ZPM) LLC of US predicts air compression. ZPM is poised to produce the first compressed air-powered car, AIRPod, the urban car of the future, for sale in the United States by 2nd half 2015.
The AIRPod vehicle, developed by MDI, is possibly a solution to urban pollution and urban mobility. With its small size, a tiny price, zero pollution, and a fun and futuristic design, AIRPod marks a turning point in the range of urban vehicles. It is a real breath of fresh air in cities and the prelude to travel without pollution.
As the U.S. licensee for Luxembourg-based MDI, the developer of the Air Car as a compression-based alternative to the internal combustion engine, ZPM has attained rights to build the first of several modular plants in the United States to produce the air-powered vehicles branded ‘AIRPod’. Hawaii is the anticipated location of the first production plant.
The urban area focused AIRPod will have a top speed of almost 50 mph and a maximum range of 111 miles before needing to be refilled.
According to ZPM, the car can be refilled like a gasoline car by transferring air from a compressed air station, similar to the one that exists today at the gas stations for filling up tires, but with larger capacity and pressure in order to refill the vehicles. The vehicles are expected to cost around $10,000.
(With inputs from Executive Knowledge Lines)
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